Breakfast at Tiffany's (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Truman Capote
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Read in January, 2007
Holiday Golightly. She’s quirky, comical, and glamorous. She’s fashionable, in-the-know, and in-the-now. She’s lonely, lost, and waiting to be rescued. You couldn’t resist her charm if you tried, and you can’t help but fall in love with her.
Well, at least in the Hollywood film version. Capote’s original novella paints a darker portrait of Miss Golightly. Unlike Audrey Hepburn’s adorable Holly, who needs a knight in slightly-rusted armor to save her, Capote’s girl is a “wil...more
Well, at least in the Hollywood film version. Capote’s original novella paints a darker portrait of Miss Golightly. Unlike Audrey Hepburn’s adorable Holly, who needs a knight in slightly-rusted armor to save her, Capote’s girl is a “wil...more
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Read in May, 2008
For a final test grade in my English class this year, my teacher read us Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote.
[For the sake of this review, and the fact that it was read to us so I don't have my own copy at hand, I've included my review from class. Therefore the summary is mixed in.]
In an Upper East Side brownstone and the surrounding neighborhood in New York City, we meet Holly Golightly and the people in her life, a small group of characters that form the basis of Breakfast At Tiffa...more
[For the sake of this review, and the fact that it was read to us so I don't have my own copy at hand, I've included my review from class. Therefore the summary is mixed in.]
In an Upper East Side brownstone and the surrounding neighborhood in New York City, we meet Holly Golightly and the people in her life, a small group of characters that form the basis of Breakfast At Tiffa...more
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Read in June, 2008
Not at all what I expected, but still astonishingly good. I was as fascinated with Holly Golightly as the (unnamed) narrator, along with pretty much everyone else who ever came into contact with her. I feel pretty dumb admitting this, but I can't figure out why the title is "Breakfast at Tiffany's," even though I'm sure I can figure out why some (uptight) people would've wanted to ban the book upon its release.
Holly vacillates between being amoral and more moral than, say, Madame ...more
Holly vacillates between being amoral and more moral than, say, Madame ...more
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Read in February, 2008
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I'll admit the truth that this is the first "classic" I have read, and right now the only. I'm truly not a person that can read anything, so the fact that I finished this novella proves it is something worth reading. The actual story of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" I read from beginning to end in one sitting, sipping on my bottomless cup of coffee. This is not an amazing feat due to it's skimpy 103 page-span, but the way the story captured me amazes me still since as i mention...more
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Read in June, 2008
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Read in November, 2007
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is a natural partner text for The Great Gatsby; it is full of wealthy, careless people, and at least one character is a country bumpkin transplanted into the bright lights of New York City.
Really, the novella is a character sketch. It’s a character sketch the same way One Hour Photo, the film with Robin Williams, is a character sketch. There are slippery little mysteries that unfold in both, but the mysteries are just excuses to talk about th...more
Really, the novella is a character sketch. It’s a character sketch the same way One Hour Photo, the film with Robin Williams, is a character sketch. There are slippery little mysteries that unfold in both, but the mysteries are just excuses to talk about th...more
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Read in December, 2006
Truman Capote’s 1958 novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s is nowhere near as well-known as the 1961 film version of it, which is a pity. The film turns the story into a slightly eccentric romantic comedy, whereas in the book it’s obvious that the narrator is gay. The Holly Golightly of the novel is really not at all like the sophisticated creature than Audrey Hepburn portrayed – Holly’s hillbilly background is much more evident in the book. It’s also much clearer that Holly is at...more
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Read in November, 2007
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manhattanites, writers, searchers
"No fooling the fat woman almost had me. She was yakking up a storm....The mockery of it! But it's all that's ahead for us, my friend: this comedienne waiting to give you the old razz. Now do you see why I went crazy and broke everything?"
I read this novella probably fifteen years after watching the movie. The film version is important because it allowed Audrey Hepburn to become Holly Golightly--a lost, free-wheeling young Manhattan socialite with a mysterious past. She got t...more
I read this novella probably fifteen years after watching the movie. The film version is important because it allowed Audrey Hepburn to become Holly Golightly--a lost, free-wheeling young Manhattan socialite with a mysterious past. She got t...more
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Read in September, 2007
I liked this book quite a bit better the second time around. Holly Golightly got on my nerves before because of her easy existence, the way she depended on others, particularly unattractive older men, for money, etc. But, this time, I think I understood her more. She reminds me, in personality, not actions, of a friend of mine and I finally get it, get her. I guess I'm also bothered by men being attracted to this type of flighty, possibly bright but wholly uneducated woman. If you're smart,...more
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Another Masterpiece that I should’ve read in high school, but instead traded for Cliff Notes and irresponsible adolescence. Well — maybe I’m glad that I did for I would not have appreciated the plot or the prose style as much as I do now. I do wonder why Capote had such an infatuation with semicolons though. For some twisted reason I thought practice at Tiffany’s was some sort of diner like Alice’s Restaurant in that Guthrie tune.
My ignorance is blatant and I had one of those ...more
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Read in June, 2008
What an amazing writer. This is another author I'm sorry to have put off for so long in my life. Somehow everything is exotic and perfectly normal and expected all at the same time. Breakfast at Tiffany's was wonderful, and the three short stories that followed were as well.
House of Flowers, a story about a beautiful and popular prostitute finding love in an unexpectedly demeaned and controlled environment. A Diamond Guitar, another type of love story between an older inmate in prison ...more
House of Flowers, a story about a beautiful and popular prostitute finding love in an unexpectedly demeaned and controlled environment. A Diamond Guitar, another type of love story between an older inmate in prison ...more
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Read in April, 2008
Trying to catch up on my modern lit reading! And I love, love, love In Cold Blood (the book). Also really enjoyed this book, & I'm familiar with the movie of course. How can anyone not enjoy Holly Golightly (Traveling)?! Yet - I think there's a sadness to Holly - and a darkness - that is more clear & obvious in the book. In the end, despite all the bad things she's done to herself and others, you find yourself rooting for her. I hope she went to Africa & had lots of adventures! Surel...more
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Read in February, 2008
I'd give it more stars, but I can't get over my utter dislike of Holly Golightly, a prostitute and whore Don't let the movie fool you into thinking Holly was a socialite. the book is much more vulgar than you would expect. In the novel, she was a prostitute who tried to fool herself... often... Little Miss Tragedy, but I don't feel sorry for her since it's of her doing.
I'd give it less stars, except Truman Capote is a very good writer. There were a few other short stories in this book, i...more
I'd give it less stars, except Truman Capote is a very good writer. There were a few other short stories in this book, i...more
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Read in January, 2008
I had no idea Truman Capote wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's until I happened across it while browsing at the library. I never saw the movie, so I didn't know the story line either. It was okay, though nothing like In Cold Blood. I just didn't find his characters very likeable or otherwise compelling. I didn't care so much what happened to Holly Golightly because she had so few redeeming qualities. And I've come to a point in my life where I just don't have the patience to read about people who...more
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Read in September, 2007
Breakfast at Tiffany's was a book my father borrowed for me. I wanted to read something that was good and somewhat of a classic. Breakfast at Tiffany's fits this. The book is written in a very simple manner. There is few hard words to comprehend and the style flows nicely. Truman Capote is a good writer and has written books that I have read, including In Cold Blood. I find that the story plot is surprisely simple too.
It is about a young man who is unable to get a grasp on life. ...more
It is about a young man who is unable to get a grasp on life. ...more
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Read in January, 2008
I picked this up in a bookstore in Fukuoka (the English sections in Japanese bookstores are of course tiny, and angled towards people doing the TOEIC) because I'd recently read an article that put BAT as number ten on a list of the top ten movie adaptions that ruined books. I couldn't believe that such a divine movie could be guilty of literary murder- but I was wrong. Not that the movie is in itself faulted (except for the potrayal of Mr Yunioshi, and the writer's insistence that 'we live in th...more
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Read in January, 2004
I am an avid (obsessive?) devotee of Breakfast at Tiffany's, the movie. I love Audrey, I love Mancini, I love orange cats and New York and parties and little black dresses. So I was a little apprehensive about reading the book, as I knew it was considerably different than the film, and I was afraid it might retroactively taint it somehow. But then someone gave me a copy, and I just couldn't resist. Before going in, though, I resolved to treat the book and film as two different but related...more
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Read in January, 1999
I can't remember the exact line (and since my bookshelves are quite messy, I'm not going to go for a dig right now), but Holly Golightly says something along the lines of "She had the clap your hands so many times, it could be a round of applause." That is my favorite moment of Breakast at Tiffany's and probably the best example of how the book differs from the movie.
In its literary form, Breakfast at Tiffany's is a satirical look at the fabuously aimless. There ...more
In its literary form, Breakfast at Tiffany's is a satirical look at the fabuously aimless. There ...more
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Read in February, 2008
Her card proclaims "Miss Holiday Golightly, Travelling", and we recognize her. Determined to be tied down to no-one and nothing, her constant entourage of admirers and paramours describes a passionate enthusiasm - the excitement of nightlife, seven nights a week - while the state of her apartment, bare of furniture and crates unpacked, shows a spirit ready to flee at a moment's notice. When she finally does depart at the end, we aren't surprised - the opening pages told us as much - ...more
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Read in January, 2008
I loved this book. I had seen the Audrey Hepburn movie a couple times before, so I had a vague idea what it was about, but this book is absolutely nothing like the movie. It's 100 times better. Of course, Audrey Hepburn is amazing in the movie, so it's definitely worth watching.
My favorite thing about this book was the description of NYC in the '40s. Truman Capote's writing style is so nice. It made me want to go take a walk on the upper east side, even though it's nothing like it was back ...more
My favorite thing about this book was the description of NYC in the '40s. Truman Capote's writing style is so nice. It made me want to go take a walk on the upper east side, even though it's nothing like it was back ...more
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