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Emportez donc ça plus loin...il est impossible de travailler..., 1844. '...au milieu d'un vacarme pareil...allez vous promener à la petite provence, et en revenant achetez de nouveaux biberons passage Choiseul! Ah! Mr. Cabassol c'est votre premier enfant, mais je vous jure que ce sera votre dernier!'. Frustrated lady novelist to husband holding screaming baby: 'Take that away...it is impossible to work with such a din ...go for a walk in Petite Provence, and on your way back buy some new baby bottles in Passage Choiseul! Ah! Monsieur Cabassol this is your first child, but I swear it will be your last!'. 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.