Breakfast at Tiffany's

Brilliant novel a lovely classic would definitely recommend. Came in brilliant condition.

This is a fantastic read, throughly enjoyed from beginning to end. The quality of this paperback was excellent.

I have wanted to read this book for years, because I love the film and adore Audrey Hepburn, but heard that the book actually portrays Holly Golightly slightly differently to how Audrey did in the film. I received the book two days ago and have read it, (it is a short story). I found it very interesting to compare the differences between it and the film, although the film does take what I consider to be the best bits from the book and utilize them to its advantage. The book is very small, and has German translations at the bottom of each page. I am not sure if it was described as having this and I missed it, or not, but I found this strange at first, although it did not spoil my enjoyment of the book and I got used to it. The book was a good price too, and the only down side was I paid about twice what the book cost in postage and packing.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s **** Firstly, this is a surprisingly short book. ‘Breakfast at Tiffney’s’ is a novella of only 90 pages – which was quite a surprise to me as they have made a film, musicals and plays from this book’s storyline. This is then followed by three more very short stories of 18, 13 & 16 pages respectively. All are very readable. To actually survive or even reach the status as a ‘best – seller,’ with such a brief storyline, the content has to very, very, good … and it is. The writing in my view is close to that of the quality of a Steinbeck or Fitzgerald. Though, as I have previously stated, its brevity for me makes it a first class read but not a classic. ‘The Great Gatsby,’ is not a long read but is at least twice as long as this. A remark one could make about Steinbeck’s ‘Mice and Men’ and ‘Tortilla Flats.’ There is just enough content in the latter books to truly satisfy the reader. This read, though absorbing, left me a bit short of that. Holly Golightly is though undeniably a great role for any thespian to play’. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed this book and in all likelihood it has probably inspired me to watch the play which is doing the rounds this year.

❤ ''Dont you just love it'' ''Love What?'' '' Tiffany's '' ❤ What girl hasn't seen this movie or read the book and wanted to be just like Holly Golightly. I decided to read Breakfast at Tiffany’s because of the iconic movie in which Audrey Hepburn plays a 19-year-old Holly Golightly. At 176 pages this is a light read, and structured more like a story than a novel. The author paints her in a way that makes you struggle between admiring her, and feeling sorry for her. This is an old time classic and Truman Capote's Is an Amazing writer. His descriptions are so vivid that, as your thinking them up in your mind, it's as if you're actually in the story. Capote is a magnificent storyteller. Would without a doubt recommend darlings

I had to read one of Capotes’s longer works after being entranced by a melancholic collection of his short stories, and like many readers before me I now find myself captivated by the character of Holly Golightly. As her adopted surname suggests, and the card on her mailbox confirms, she is happiest when constantly travelling lightly through life, countries and even people, and disaster only comes when she starts to depend on people and thinks about settling down. However while Holly goes lightly she crushes hearts and sticks in minds. she treads much more heavily on people’s hearts and she certainly sticks in our minds. We however get to be “Fred”. Almost the only flawless character in the book, he is our constant viewpoint. We seem to come to know him well yet by the end we realise we don’t know his history, nor how he sustains himself, nor even what his real name is. However at the end he still can’t help hoping that Holly is happy and because he can’t, then neither can we. Oh and do read the three great Capote short stories that usually also come collected with this novella. And what next after that? Well I do believe that there was some 1960’s film or other based on this – I wonder if it’s any good….

If you love the movie, as I did, I would not recommend reading the story it was based on. Put simply, the Holly Golightly of the book is not the character from the movie. She's barely in the book for a start, but even when she is, there's nothing present that you would believe George would fall so madly, obsessively, in love with her. If you love the movie, as I did, really, stay clear of the story it's based on, and stay in love with the alternative version brought to life by Audrey Hepburn

A beautiful book cover - pretty artwork, good quality and well-made. It was bought as a gift for a Breakfast at Tiffany's fan, and I'm positive she'll love it!

Baskı ve cilt oldukça kaliteli. Memnun kaldım.

My favourite book in digital e-reader format.

I've heard about Breakfast at Tiffany's for years and finally got around to reading it. I'm kicking myself for waiting so long! In Breakfast at Tiffany's, we meet Holly Golightly, a young woman who just can't seem to find a place where she belongs. She can't settle. The narrator, her friend and would-be boyfriend (if she asked), tells the story of Holly's various adventures. It's not just her story, though. It's also the narrator's, and reading this story is almost like a coming-of-age story crossed with a romance crossed with something akin to slice-of-life. It's so, so rare to read a book with a narrative voice as strong as in Breakfast at Tiffany's. All the descriptions are perfect. The mood-setting is perfect. The characterization is amazing. I know some people complain about the length of the story, but think of what Breakfast at Tiffany's is really *about*: finding some place you belong, your home. That kind of story can't go on too long. It would be depressing. For those of us nearing middle age who haven't found our home, I can tell you it *is* depressing. No, the story is just right. This book also includes a story called House of Flowers. In House of Flowers, we meet the vain, albeit illiterate, Ottilie. Ottilie has been "picked up" into, say, a finer society on the basis of her looks, although her friends recognize her intelligence. When her friends talk about love, Ottilie realizes she's never felt it and seeks out a Houngan to help her. All she has to do is hold a bee. If it doesn't sting her, she's found love. Ottilie does discover love with a man named Royal Bonaparte. But there's a problem: Old Bonaparte, a nasty old woman determined to make Ottilie's life miserable, and her husband's reaction to Ottilie's solution. This is one of those stories where you leave thinking the main character has no self-respect and that maybe she took the "wise old mentor's" advice a little too seriously. After Breakfast at Tiffany's, House of Flowers was a huge let-down. In A Diamond Guitar, we meet Mr Schaeffer, one of a couple hundred prisoners in a farm where they perform labor. One day, a Cuban boy, Tico, is brought to the farm after being caught cutting up some sailors, and he has a "guitar with jewels all over it". The two become fast friends. But with his guitar, Tico brings to mind what the men have lost beyond the farm. Many of them--Mr Schaeffer included--are there basically for the rest of their lives. There's something going on with Tico, too. Finally, he convinces Mr Schaeffer to make a run for it with him. An excellent story, sad as hell. There's not much more you can say about this one. You need to read it to understand. Finally, we have A Christmas Morning, with an old woman and her 7-year-old cousin, "Buddy". Buddy is enlisted, as usual for this time of year, to help his cousin make fruitcakes. The story is almost a study in contrasts as the two go about making fruitcakes, but not so much between Buddy and his cousin, but rather between the two and the family that doesn't like them much, and between Buddy's cousin and the life she hasn't lived (and has no interest in, it seems), and where the old goes and the young goes. The two are what should be an inseparable pair, but life rolls on. A very sweet, very sad story. Reminds me a lot of my grandpa before he died. We were best friends. The family often snapped at us. I grew up and got busy with a career, and the cancer found its way to grandpa's brain. That's how the world turns, isn't it? You make an old friend when you're young, and as you go, so do they. This is an excellent collection. I will almost certainly read more from this author when I get the chance.

C'est un cadeau pour ma file. J'a lu il ya longtemps. Il me plait beacoup.

Llego en buen estado, la calidad del libro es buena