The Friends of the ABC () is a fictional association of revolutionary French republican students featured in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel "Les Misérables". In French, the name of the society is a pun, in which "abaissés" ('the abased', 'humiliated', 'degraded'), is pronounced , very similar to A-B-C (). Their members represent a wide variety of political viewpoints, ranging from communist agitation to advocacy for democracy to supporting the Levellers and more, but on 5 June 1832 they all join the popular insurrection known as the June Rebellion and organize the construction of a massive barricade. They are based on the real political group Friends of the People (). Hugo brings them into the narrative when Marius Pontmercy, one of the novel's principal characters, attaches himself to the group without becoming one of them. With their fight led by Enjolras, all of the members of the group die during the rebellion.