Major Barbara
by George Bernard Shaw
Publisher: ManyBooks 1905
ISBN/ASIN: 1604596856
Number of pages: 101
Description:
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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