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 Monde diplomatique 1996 with the creation of "Le Monde diplomatique SA". With a donation from Günter Holzmann, a German antifascist exiled before World War II to Bolivia, the monthly's employees acquired approximately one-quarter of the capital, while "Les Amis du Monde diplomatique", a 1901 Law association of readers, bought another quarter. Thus, since the end of 2000, the newspaper's employees and readers retain 49% of "Le Monde diplomatique SA"'s capital, largely above the control stock necessary to control the direction and editorial line of the "Monde diplo". The remaining 51% is owned by "Le Monde". Jean-Marie Colombani, former editor of the daily