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Major Barbara
Harmondsworth
| Kiadó: | Penguin Books |
|---|---|
| Kiadás helye: | Harmondsworth |
| Kiadás éve: | |
| Kötés típusa: | Ragasztott papírkötés |
| Oldalszám: | 156 oldal |
| Sorozatcím: | Penguin Classics |
| Kötetszám: | |
| Nyelv: | Angol |
| Méret: | 20 cm x 13 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-14-043790-8 |
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PENGUIN ÍOj CLASSICS
The Bernard Shaw Library
Major Barbara
INTRODUCED BY MARGERY MORGAN
'The greatest of our evils and the worst of our crimes is poverty our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor'
Andrew Undershaft, a millionaire armaments dealer, loves money and despises poverty. His energetic daughter Barbara, on the other hand, shows her love for the poor by working as a 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. Is the Army right to accept money that has been obtained by 'Death and Destruction'? Barbara is forced to examine her moral assumptions. Is she tricked into the attempt to unite spiritual goodness with material power.'
Full of lively comedy and sparkling debate, Major Barbara is also
one of Shaw's most powerful and forward-looking plays. As Margery Morgan says, while Shaw was... Tovább
Fülszöveg
PENGUIN ÍOj CLASSICS
The Bernard Shaw Library
Major Barbara
INTRODUCED BY MARGERY MORGAN
'The greatest of our evils and the worst of our crimes is poverty our first duty, to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor'
Andrew Undershaft, a millionaire armaments dealer, loves money and despises poverty. His energetic daughter Barbara, on the other hand, shows her love for the poor by working as a 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. Is the Army right to accept money that has been obtained by 'Death and Destruction'? Barbara is forced to examine her moral assumptions. Is she tricked into the attempt to unite spiritual goodness with material power.'
Full of lively comedy and sparkling debate, Major Barbara is also
one of Shaw's most powerful and forward-looking plays. As Margery Morgan says, while Shaw was responding to 'a material and cultural situation that is now part of history', his work still
has relevance 'in a period when new technologies drive the globalization of trade and the migration of populations and ancient forms of brutality and carnage have reappeared.' Vissza
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