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''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' is a novella by Truman Capote published in 1958. The main character, Holly Golightly, is one of Capote's best-known creations. ==Plot== In autumn 1943, the unnamed narrator becomes friends with Holly Golightly. In the movie version, the narrator is named "Fred" by Holly due to his similarities with her younger brother. The two are both tenants in a brownstone apartment in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Holly (age 18–19) is a country girl turned New York café society girl. As such, she has no job and lives by socializing with wealthy men, who take her to clubs and restaurants, and give her money and expensive presents; she hopes to marry one of them. According to Capote, Golightly is not a prostitute but an "American geisha."〔A March 1968 interview with ''Playboy'' contains the following exchange:
Reprinted in: * * 〕 Holly likes to shock people with carefully selected tidbits from her personal life or her outspoken viewpoints on various topics. Over the course of a year, she slowly reveals herself to the narrator, who finds himself fascinated by her curious lifestyle. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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