Roman-Fleuve is a French term that refers to a type of novel or series of novels that follows the life of a character or group of characters over a long period of time. It is similar to the English term 'SAGA, ' which is defined as a long, involved story or series of stories. The term Roman-Fleuve was coined by French author Andre Malraux in 1947 and has since been used to describe works such as Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time and Honore de Balzac's La Comedie Humaine.