frlit1-6, Exercise 2: The roman-feuilleton

Model answer:

A roman-feuilleton was a novel published in daily instalments in a newspaper, a format that began in the 1830s. It drew in huge audiences who bought the paper to follow the story, and it made popular writers such as Dumas rich. It changed the relationship between writers and readers by creating a mass readership, giving readers a regular, ongoing connection with an author, and pushing writers toward fast-moving plots with cliffhangers.

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