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Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw

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Major Barbara
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Publisher: ManyBooks
ISBN/ASIN: 1604596856
Number of pages: 101

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Major Barbara is a three act play, one of Shaw's most Controversial works. An Officer of The Salvation Army, Major Barbara Undershaft, becomes disillusioned when her Christian denomination accepts money from an armaments manufacturer (her father) and a whiskey distiller.

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