Major Barbara

Credits: Bernard Shaw (author)

Summary

Barbara Undershaft, a Salvation Army major, meets her estranged father, an arms manufacturer, and agrees to visit his model factory town if he will visit her shelter. The play pits her faith against his argument that poverty is the only real sin. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.

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Chapters (3)

  1. 1. Act 1
  2. 2. Act 2
  3. 3. Act 3

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