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,
Jean-Jacques-Joseph Debillemont of the Opéra Comique at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin. He was also responsible of music critic columns in various newspapers such as "L'élu du peuple" in Dijon or "la Revue et gazette des théâtres" in Paris. Jean-Jacques Debillemont also participated in various theater projects such as stage adaptations of works by Jules Verne like "Le Tour du monde en 80 jours", play in 5 acts and one prologue (15 tableaux) premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 7 November 1874, text by MM. Adolphe d'Ennery and Jules Verne, or "Les Enfants du capitaine Grant" in 1879.