Jules Verne the Sea", 1869); and "Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours" ("Around the World in Eighty Days"), which first appeared in "Le Temps" in 1872. Verne could now live on his writings. But most of his wealth came from the stage adaptations of "Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours" (1874) and "Michel Strogoff" (1876), which he wrote with Adolphe d'Ennery. In 1867, Verne bought a small ship, the "Saint-Michel", which he successively replaced with the "Saint-Michel II" and the "Saint-Michel III" as his financial situation improved. On board the "Saint-Michel III", he sailed around Europe. After his first novel,
Maisons du Monde of the year a catalogue presenting its new collection. The Maisons du Monde group was bought back in 2013 (80%) by the American company Bain Capital for an amount of €680 million. In 2015, it achieved a turnover of 699 million euros, of which 460 million in France. February 2016 two US banks Goldman Sachs and Citigroup were mandated to prepare for the IPO. 265 stores in Europe: The brand sells online to the United Kingdom, Portugal, the Netherlands and Austria. Maisons du Monde Maisons du Monde is a French furniture and home decor company founded in Brest in 1990