[Gutenberg 3790] • Major Barbara
- Authors
- Shaw, Bernard
- Publisher
- Hard Press
- Tags
- salvation army -- drama , didactic drama , crime -- drama , classics , children of the rich -- drama , fathers and daughters -- drama
- ISBN
- 9781406957167
- Date
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.09 MB
- Lang
- en
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.