The Many-Splendored Thing

Love….some give it, some have it, some lose it, all want it. These twenty-one short stories explore its kaleidoscopic moods and variations. To lovers, it’s serious. To observers it’s ofttimes funny. Among the young and old, past and present, foreign and familiar, the emotion appears with many facets—curiosity, longing, hope, sentiment, playfulness, excitement, bliss, elation, obscenity, guile, suspicion, jealously, cruelty, sadness, loss. So kaleidoscopic are the moods even in a single affair that one is hard put to describe the phenomenon adequately in a single novel. And to explore all the possible settings and variations in one tale is impossible. Thus short stories have been chosen here as the vehicle to cover the waterfront, so to speak, as we set sail for the stormy waters of lust, romance, and love. One theme, however, is ever present—two hearts inseparably entwined.

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The Many-Splendored Thing

Love….some give it, some have it, some lose it, all want it. These twenty-one short stories explore its kaleidoscopic moods and variations. To lovers, it’s serious. To observers it’s ofttimes funny. Among the young and old, past and present, foreign and familiar, the emotion appears with many facets—curiosity, longing, hope, sentiment, playfulness, excitement, bliss, elation, obscenity, guile, suspicion, jealously, cruelty, sadness, loss. So kaleidoscopic are the moods even in a single affair that one is hard put to describe the phenomenon adequately in a single novel. And to explore all the possible settings and variations in one tale is impossible. Thus short stories have been chosen here as the vehicle to cover the waterfront, so to speak, as we set sail for the stormy waters of lust, romance, and love. One theme, however, is ever present—two hearts inseparably entwined.

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The Many-Splendored Thing

The Many-Splendored Thing

by James Babcock
The Many-Splendored Thing

The Many-Splendored Thing

by James Babcock

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Love….some give it, some have it, some lose it, all want it. These twenty-one short stories explore its kaleidoscopic moods and variations. To lovers, it’s serious. To observers it’s ofttimes funny. Among the young and old, past and present, foreign and familiar, the emotion appears with many facets—curiosity, longing, hope, sentiment, playfulness, excitement, bliss, elation, obscenity, guile, suspicion, jealously, cruelty, sadness, loss. So kaleidoscopic are the moods even in a single affair that one is hard put to describe the phenomenon adequately in a single novel. And to explore all the possible settings and variations in one tale is impossible. Thus short stories have been chosen here as the vehicle to cover the waterfront, so to speak, as we set sail for the stormy waters of lust, romance, and love. One theme, however, is ever present—two hearts inseparably entwined.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940165781865
Publisher: James Babcock
Publication date: 02/28/2022
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 228 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Following three years in the Navy and forty years in international and domestic banking, Babcock took up a second career as a writer and composer. His plots draw on his travels abroad and experiences in foreign exchange trading, bank operations, lending, trust services, auditing, and bank management. Active in community work, he served as a university rector, symphony president, and chairman of economic development organizations. He holds degrees from Princeton and the Wharton School. In addition to his novels and short stories, his creative work includes books of humor and games and a number of pieces for violin and piano. He resides with his family in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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