3-092-888 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

- Dis donc, Bichette..... à quoi songes-tu donc de te promener comme ça la nuit?..., 1844. ...est-ce que t'es somnambule, ou bien, est-ce que t'as la colique?... - Non...je cherche un moyen neuf de tuer un mari...je ne me recouche pas que je n'ai trouvé mon moyen!...il me le faut pour terminer mon roman!... - Saperlotte!...pourvu qu'elle ne l'essaye pas sur moi!.... ([Husband:] - Heavens Bichette...what are you thinking of walking around like that at night?...are you sleepwalking, or do you have colic?.... [Wife:] No ...I'm looking for a new way to kill a husband...I won't go back to bed until I find the perfect method!...I need it to finish my novel!.... [Husband:] - For goodness' sake!... as long as she doesn't try it on me!...). 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. Series: Les Bas-bleus.