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Major Barbara

George Bernard Shaw - Author

Dan H. Laurence - Editor

Margery Morgan - Introduction by

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ISBN 9780140437904 | 176 pages | 01 May 2001 | Penguin Classics | 5.07 x 7.79in | 18 - AND UP
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In this sparkling comedy, originally staged in 1905, Andrew Undershaft, a millionaire armaments dealer, loves money and despises poverty. His energetic daughter Barbara, however, is a devout major in the Salvation Army. She sees her father as just another soul to be saved. But when the Salvation Army needs funds to keep going, it is Undershaft who saves the day.

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