Yes. As everything big in culture at the time, it started in France: http://www.gutenberg.us/articles/roman-feuilleton http://www.gutenberg.us/articles/roman-fe

Yes. As everything big in culture at the time, it started in France: http://www.gutenberg.us/articles/roman-feuilleton http://www.gutenberg.us/articles/roman-feuilleton But it happened in the USA also, as serial novels: http://www.gutenberg.us/articles/Serial_novel http://www.gutenberg.us/articles/Serial_novel