Major Barbara is a 1905 play by George Bernard Shaw. Andrew Undershaft, a wealthy weapons trader, despises poverty believing "e;The greatest of our evils and the worst of our crimes is poverty ... our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor"e;. His daughter, Barbara, devotes herself to charity.
When a shelter for the poor is at risk of closure due to lack of funds, the idealistic Barbara, a Major in the Salvation Army must reassess her beliefs and opinions about wealth, poverty and philanthropy.
| ISBN: | 9781775565642 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2009 |
| Author: | Shaw, George Bernard |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press |
| Format: | Ebook |
Major Barbara is a 1905 play by George Bernard Shaw. Andrew Undershaft, a wealthy weapons trader, despises poverty believing "e;The greatest of our evils and the worst of our crimes is poverty ... our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor"e;.
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Major Barbara was written by Shaw, George Bernard and published by The Floating Press
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