A Many Splendored Thing

About “A Many Splendored Thing”

A Many-Splendoured Thing is a 1952 novel by Han Suyin that became a bestseller when published in London by Jonathan Cape. The book was adapted into the 1955 film Love Is a Many-Splendoured Thing, which led to the creation of a popular song with the same title. In her 1980 autobiography, My House Has Two Doors, Suyin expressed no interest in watching the film, even when it was shown in Singapore for several months. She sold the film rights to help pay for an operation in England for her adopted daughter, who had pulmonary tuberculosis. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)