History of modern literature death he was working on "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" (published unfinished). John McCrae was born. Hilaire Belloc was born (27 July). In 1872 Dostoevsky published "The Possessed" (or "Demons" or "The Devils"). Lewis Carroll published "Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice Found There". Samuel Butler published "Erewhon", an early science fiction novel. Jules Verne published "Le tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours" ("Around the World in Eighty Days"). In 1873 Alfred Jarry was born (8 September). In 1874 Jules Verne published "L'île mystérieuse" ("The Mysterious Island"). In 1875 "Carmen", a French opera by Georges Bizet, with text by Henri
Le diable à quatre (opera) Le diable à quatre (opera) Le diable à quatre ("The Devil to Pay") is an opéra comique in three acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The French-language libretto is by Michel-Jean Sedaine and Pierre Baurans, after a translation by Claude-Pierre Patu of the 1731 ballad opera by Charles Coffey entitled "The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphos’d". It was first performed at Laxenburg on May 28, 1759. The work was a popular success. Joseph Haydn used a melody from it, ""Je n’aimais pas le tabac beaucoup" (I didn’t like tobacco much)" in the first movement of his symphony "Le soir".