![]() He was unaware that the mob had taken half of Paris and put up barricades. He heard gunfire, and instead of going home to safety, he followed the sounds of gunfire through the deserted streets. The 30-year-old Victor Hugo, the author of Les Miserables, was nearby, in the Tuileries Gardens, writing a play. Those mourning and those with a political agenda merged into a mob that numbered in the tens of thousands – some witnesses claimed it eventually grew to 100,000. The crowd had hoped to accompany Lamarque’s hearse before it took the general home to his native district in the southwest of France. The immediate trigger was the death of General Jean Maximilien Lamarque, who had been a friend to the poor and downtrodden. ![]() There is actually a Second Revolution In the early morning hours of June 5, crowds of workers, students, and others gathered in the streets of Paris. The principal events of Les Misérables take place in 1832. The French Revolution began with the storming of the Bastille in 1789. So I am goint to try and sort this out for everyone. When the 2012 movie came out the same misconception was stated by cast members in interviews. ![]() Many people (history teachers included) mistakenly believe that Les Miserables takes place during the French Revolution. ![]()
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