Breakfast at Tiffany's
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Breakfast at Tiffany's

Truman Capote 1956

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November 12, 2025 | History

Published with three short stories, this novel cemented Capote's position at the forefront of American literature. It is the story of a friendship between New York neighbors, good girl Holly Golightly, and the unnamed male narrator.

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American stories, Manners and customs, Fiction, Social life and customs, Russian translations, American fiction, Homosexual men, Interpersonal relationships, Homosexual authors, Young women, Relationships with women, American fiction (fictional works by a single author), Roman américain, New York Times review, Tiffany and Company, General fiction, Conduct of life, Children, Death, Stepmothers, Mothers, Friendship, Fiction, coming of age, Biographical fiction, New York (n.y.), fiction, Friendship, fiction, southern states, fiction, Junge Frau, Nonkonformismus, English language, North American RomanceTimes

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

flower house

a diamond guitar

A Christmas memory.

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first sentence

"I am always attracted to the places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods."

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