2-996-937 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Adieu, mon cher, je vais chez mes éditeurs!..., 1844. 'Adieu, mon cher, je vais chez mes éditeurs;...je ne rentrerai probablement que fort tard...ne manquez pas de donner encore deux fois la bouillie à Dodore...s'il a besoin...d'autre chose...vous trouverez ça sous le lit..'. Wife: 'Good bye my dear, I am off to see my publisher;...I probably won't be back until quite late...make sure to give Dodore his pap twice more...if he needs...anything else...you'll find it under the bed'. Satirical criticism of 'bluestockings': women with interests beyond housework and childcare. Female authors were often depicted as mannish and ugly - the implication being that their intellectual output was just as objectionable as their looks. From Les Bas-bleus, no. 3.