Pbs Learning Media: Les Miserables: Taking Sides

Gain insights into the causes of political upheaval in France and the role that young people played in the Paris Uprising of 1832, in this video excerpt from Les Miserables, Masterpiece. Set in a tavern, the scene conveys the various viewpoints of the era, including those who supported the monarchy, those who favored Napoleon, and those who were determined to return to the earlier principles of the 1789 French Revolution, even if it meant outright rebellion once again. [1:42]