Breakfast at Tiffany's

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Summary: wonderful little book
Review: i had to write my review for the hardcover. this is a great book. i am a bibliophile with approaching 3000 books. this would be in my top 10. gotta love this book. the movie is great too/

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Summary: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Review: After watching the movie and really enjoying it, I had to read Breakfast at Tiffany's. The book was a quick but wonderful read. I enjoyed every minute of it and wished it had been a longer.
Holly Golightly is the girl everyone admires, she's spontaneous and all about just having fun. She's goes to Tiffany's because it makes her feel good; it's her safe haven when the world is crazy. Holly's escapades are hilarious, she unknowingly aids drug lord, Sally Tomato by visiting him in prison and getting the "weather report". The movie and Audrey Hepburn did an amazing job portraying Holly Golightly as the reader envisions her, so if you enjoy the movie you will enjoy the book, although the movie had more of a Hollywood ending than Truman Capote's version, Capote's ending remains true to the real Holly Golightly.

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Summary: Breakfast at Tiffany's: Both Anomalous and Enthralling
Review: I am a high school student and am actually working on a school project. I was a assigned a decade in history and was required to pick a novel to read and review. I have to admit that in the beginning I was not looking forward to the assignment. I am not an avid reader and actually don't read unless it is required. I am not sure why, I have just not been captivated by very many books(partly because I haven't read very many).

Keeping all of this is in mind, I began reading Breakfast at Tiffany's. And I have to admit that the one of the reasons I chose the book was because I have both heard the song and seen the movie. So upon starting reading, I realized that I am possibly the slowest reader alive. It took me forever to read this book of no longer than 200 pages.

The story starts out very confusing, but eventually clears up. There is this girl, Holly Gothily, who is very strange. She seems to be a sort of sleazy character, who picks up a lot of men and tends to sleep around. She lives in an apartment near another man. This man, not one of her "clients", is charmed by her simplicity and uniqueness. He begans to investigate her life until one night she drops in.

They talk and she sort of tells him about herself. Little does he know that she has a past that would shock this quiet author. She was married at fourteen and had four children. She abandoned them and left for New York City. This is where she began her present scandals. When these scandals become too much for her she goes to Tiffany's and has drinks with Joe Bell. This sort of calms her. It is a place where she can go and forget all of her troubles. We all need a place like this. A serene, quiet place where we can do what Holly does, forget all of our present troubles, even just for a while.

At the climax of the novel, Holly's newfound lover, Jose, leaves her and says that she is too much for him. She then leaves to go to Brazil, a place where her and this lover were supposed to get married. She leaves in search of a new Tiffany's, one that she will never find. What makes me so mad is that all she needed to do was realize that her Tiffany's was with the man who she spent so much time with. The man that she never could see herself being involved with, her friend. This is important in that she thought she did not have friends. She did though and she just never realized it, her Tiffany's.

I believe that this book is a result of the times. The book was written in 1958 and focuses mainly on the end of the 50's and the beginning of the 60's with WWII. Holly seems to me to be what everyone wishes they could have been. It seems as though people like Holly were not evident and if they were they were looked down on, as Holly was. I feel though, even though people may have ridiculed her, deep down she was what they wanted to be.

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Summary: classic novella
Review: Easy to finish short novel is less romantic
than the movie version, but still a quick and memorable read... You will picture Audrey Hepburn a lot when you see Holly in print, except maybe when she rifles off a few swear words. Almost the same as the film with a few rougher edges removed in movie form, like Hollywood usually does. Compare both examples. Decide which one you like more. Capote's style is elegant and a bit flamboyant in spots. Sort of like he was in interviews...

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Summary: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Review: Taking place in a New York City apartment building Truman Capote the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's places two characters in a very realistic setting. Holy Golightly is the attraction of the narrator who she comes to befriend and nickname "Fred". Holly and the narrator live in the same apartment building and begin to develop a strong relationship. It all starts when one night Holly knocks on the narrator's door to try to escape a man that is trying to bite her, which she has let in her room. After this point in the story the two characters, Holly and Fred begin to develop a relationship that teaches many valuable lessons both good and bad throughout the story.
Holly's conflict throughout the book deals with her relationship between men. Through this conflict the reader gets to experience the theme of the book by taking a look at the building of relationships. Almost every night Holly brings a new man home and almost instantly there seams to be a problem. Fred gets more information about Holly when on day her husband comes to get her back. Fred learns that she was married at the age of 14 and ran away. As the story progresses it is obvious that Holly Golightly likes the company of a male figure in her life, but also likes to be an independent woman, which would explain the relationship between her and Fred. She liked having him there but things always turned sour when she felt that Fred was getting too close.
It is obvious to see why Breakfast at Tiffany's is a classic. This book has been around for years and years and the story of Holly Golightly and Fred and the lessons learned are still relevant issues in society today.


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Summary: I love it!
Review: The first story "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is wonderful and worth the entire book! I dont need to go further, read the book- and you will know why Holly GoLightly is well known!

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Summary: Good Story
Review: Through the narrations of a young man, we learn about the life of a wildly popular socialite named Holly Golighty in Truman Capote's story, Breakfast at Tiffany's. He tells us of Holly's trouble with life and encounters with past husbands and sneaky drug lords. While on the streets of New York City, we become captivated by the realistic sense of the whole book, which pulls us in further to keep on reading and leaves us wanting more at the end.
Holly Golighty isn't just another shallow playgirl. She is well created, another great aspect of this book, and is well evolved. She begins her life as Lulumae, a young, hillbilly girl found rummaging through an older man's garbage, who later becomes her dearly beloved. She learns that she doesn't want a country lifestyle and moves on, to New York City, and becomes very popular. While in the city, she also learns that she doesn't like to hang around when things begin to dull or if there is a pause in the action. A major theme I found in Breakfast at Tiffany's is how Holly's character changes. Starting as Lulumae, she progresses to become Holly, and then moves out of the country, to begin a new life as a new person. Although Holly was a great character, I didn't like how she would leave her problems behind her, without trying to fix them first. For instance, once she was falsely accused of helping a drug lord communicate instructions from jail, she decided to leave the country instead of proving her innocence and telling the truth. I found this to be childish but it does add to the character, so it didn't bother me too much.
Because Breakfast at Tiffany's is an easy read, I found it to be even more enjoyable than it already is. I thoroughly liked reading this book.


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Summary: This book stinks!!!
Review: Fans of the movie will probably be surprised by the book. the movie tried to preserve a more innocent female lead. The book shows a working girl again like the movie she is upper class, not the type found on aa corner. In the movie, there is the traditional happy ending. in the book the ending doesn't match. i won't tell you the ending, but you will enjoy the book. Capote is terrific. i hope my improved review is more useful.