Major Barbara

Major Barbara
ISBN-10
0140480072
ISBN-13
9780140480078
Series
Major Barbara
Category
Children of the rich
Pages
152
Language
English
Published
1960
Publisher
Penguin Group
Author
Bernard Shaw

Description

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.

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