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Au revoir, Ophélia!.., 1844. 'Au revoir, Ophélia!...ne manquez pas de venir mardi soir...c'est une reunion littéraire en petit comité...nous lirons des élégies et nous ferons du bischoff!'. Woman to her friend: 'Goodbye, Ophelia!...don't forget to come on Tuesday evening...it'll be a literary meeting in small groups...we will read elegies and we will make bischoff!'. Satirical criticism of 'bluestockings': women with interests beyond housework and childcare. Such women were often depicted as mannish and ugly - the implication being that their intellectual output was just as objectionable as their looks. Series: Les Bas-bleus, no. 4; Periodical: Le Charivari, 10 February 1844.