That is not what this is about....not even close.
“That is not what this is about....not even close.”
What is it about?
I see similarities
http://historythings.com/victor-hugos-inspiration-les-miserables-june-rebellion-1832/
The June Rebellion, also known as the Paris Uprising of 1832, took place between June 5-6, 1832. Anti-monarchist republicans in Paris began the uprising attempting to turn back the 1830 July Monarchy. During the public funeral of General Jean Maximilien Lamarque on June 5, the rebellion began. Barricades surrounding the rue Saint-Martin and rue Saint-Danis were built. This event inspired French novelist and poet, Victor Hugo, for his 1862 novel Les Misérables, depicting the aftermath of the French Revolution.
In 1830, two years prior to the rebellion, a constitutional monarchy was established by the elected Chamber of Deputies. Charles X of the House of Bourbon found himself replaced by Louis-Philippe, who possessed more liberal views than his predecessor. French republicans were angry with the new monarchy. They only saw that kings kept being replaced by new ones. Bonapartists, supporters of Napoleon Bonaparte, wanted his empire restored and those who supported the Bourbon dynasty, Legitimists, tried to find a way to place Charles X’s supposed heir, Henry, Count of Chambord, on the throne.
But before even that, France had been having economic problems for many years, especially between 1827-1832, though it had been going on since the end of the American Revolutionary War due to all the money the French spent assisting the Americans. Not only were there problems economically, but the country was also having food shortages and harvest failures, plus the cost of living was only going up, causing for an even more rigid and discontented class system.