Prisoner 24601 broke a window and stole a loaf of bread and was sentenced to 5 years in a French prison. That was back in 1862, the publication date of the novel.
Instead of "Les Miserables," we have "The Deplorable" 159 years later.
-PJ
22 posted on 09/25/2021 1:12:22 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))