| Major Barbara Contributor(s): Shaw, George Bernard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486421260 ISBN-13: 9780486421261 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $5.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: When a Salvation Army officer learns that her father, a wealthy armaments manufacturer, has donated lots of money to her organization, she resigns in disgust but eventually sees the truth of her father's reasoning that social iniquity derives from poverty; it is only through accumulating wealth and power that people can help each other. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.912 |
| LCCN: 2002017454 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.2" W x 8.26" (0.23 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fabian socialist and ardent proselytizer, George Bernard Shaw viewed his role as a playwright as far more than that of an entertainer. His audiences heard fully articulated sermons on moral and economic issues, a potentially dry theatrical experience enlivened by Shaw's genius for creating vital characters and scintillating dialogue. Major Barbara offers a sparkling example of its author's unique gift for presenting social theories in an engaging format. The eponymous heroine, an officer in the Salvation Army, is the daughter of Andrew Undershaft, a wealthy armaments manufacturer. When the Army accepts donations from Undershaft and a whiskey distiller, whose money Barbara regards as tainted, she resigns in disgust, but eventually sees the truth of her father's reasoning that social iniquity derives from poverty; it is only through accumulating wealth and power that people can help each other. |