A Short Novel and Three Stories (Modern Library) - Breakfast at Tiffany's

Amazing, OBVIOUSLY. This was one of the first books that I read where I thought to myself "Not one word in that book was a mistake". A wonderful book, one of my favorites, and one I will read time & time again like it's an old friend.

This is not quite your Audrey Hepburn version, but a very different story. Having only seen the movie, I was expecting to read that story but instead, you get a darker side to Holly and understand her a little better.

I purchased this book to read "Breakfast at Tiffany's." It was as wonderful as I had expected, though very different than the movie. The other stories are interesting and lovely, but "A Christmas Memory" was my sentimental and beautifully sad favorite.

This is not quite your Audrey Hepburn version, but a very different story. Having only seen the movie, I was expecting to read that story but instead, you get a darker side to Holly and understand her a little better.

I purchased this book to read "Breakfast at Tiffany's." It was as wonderful as I had expected, though very different than the movie. The other stories are interesting and lovely, but "A Christmas Memory" was my sentimental and beautifully sad favorite.

Breakfast at Tiffany's is an excellent story,well deserving its status as a classic. The three short stories did not strike me as anything special. I could have easily done without them and not missed a thing.

Forget the movie. This book is a hundred times better. The true Holly is no doe eyed romatic waiting for George Peppard to sweep her off her feet and the guy upstairs is the gay upstairs, but that just makes the story beter. Unbelieavably smart dialogue and bueatifully drescriptive writng. An American literary gem.

The movie has been one of my favorites for decades, but I'd never read the book. It's no surprise to say that the book is better than the movie, but it really does a great job of pulling us into a somewhat seedier version of NYC than shown in the movie. I fell in love with poor lost Holly all over again, but got a much better feel for the time and the story. Capote does a great job of pulling us into the late war and post-war years, and we're left genuinely wondering whether Holly ever found peace and home.

I watched the movie Capote and was interested in reading all his books. Breakfast at Tiffany's was a good, but almost too quick read. It came with some other short stories that were enjoyable. Just left me wanting more because they are very well written.

This book is wonderful! It made me love the movie even more! The story is quotable in the film. Capote wrote a different intro and ending in his novel than the movie adapted, I think I prefer it to the Hollywood ending. Reading his original text has made me fall in love the characters in a totally new way.

Mr Capote creates and interesting character with Holly Golightly but as wild as it is, Holly looked to me more giddy than troubled in a seductive way. I did not manage to appreciate the story, but did appreciate the pace and the color of the language the author used.
A classic, I am glad I read it after all.