History Literature / BreakfastAtTiffanys

* TitleDrop: "I want to still be me when I wake up one fine morning and have breakfast at Tiffany's." Unlike in the adaptation, Holly never actually does, so the title alludes to an uttainable dream.

* ForegoneConclusion: It's stated right off the bat that it had been years since the main character had ever seen or heard from Holly, and that she may well be somewhere in Africa at this point, and apparently the cat she threw out found a new home.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: There are some minor chronological discrepancies in the novella. Say, at the party at Holly's the narrator is asked if he saw ''The Story of Mr. Wassell'', a film released in 1944, and notices the newspaper report on the premiere of ''Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus'', which took place on October 7, 1943. Yet the party took place on October 6, 1943 at the very latest (exactly a week after their first meeting, which happened on some evening in September 1943). Holly also quotes the song ''Maude, You'Re Rotten to the Core'', which was written in 1952.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: There are some minor chronological discrepancies in the novella. Say, at the party at Holly's the narrator is asked if he saw ''The Story of Mr. Wassell'', a film released in 1944, and notices the newspaper report on the premiere of ''Theatre/OneTouchOfVenus'', which took place on October 7, 1943. Yet the party took place on October 6, 1943 at the very latest (exactly a week after their first meeting, which happened on some evening in September 1943).

* BiTheWay: Holly is probably this, though she's somewhat arrogant towards lesbians.

** And extra bonus points for the name Holiday (of which "Holly" is diminutive) being MeaningfulRename (her real name is Lulamae Barnes). [[spoiler: "Golightly", however, is ''not'' an example of MeaningfulRename - it is her ex-husband's last name.]]

** And extra bonus points for the name Holiday (of which "Holly" is diminutive) being MeaningfulRename (her real name is Lulamae). [[spoiler: "Golightly", however, is ''not'' an example of MeaningfulRename - it is her ex-husband's last name.]]

** And extra bonus points for the name Holiday (of which "Holly" is diminutive) being MeaningfulRename itself (her real name is Lulamae). [[spoiler: "Golightly", however, is ''not'' an example of MeaningfulRename - it is her ex-husband's last name.]]

* MeaningfulName: What better surname than "Holiday Golightly" could there be for a free-spirited ditz with an unserious approach to life? Noted with her hanging a sign on her door whenever she was out, "Miss Holiday Golightly Traveling". Bonus points for the sign having been made at Tiffany's.

* MeaningfulName: What better surname than "Golightly" could there be for a free-spirited ditz with an unserious approach to life? Noted with her hanging a sign on her door whenever she was out, "Miss Holiday Golightly Traveling". Bonus points for the sign having been made at Tiffany's.

* MeaningfulName: What better surname than "Golightly" could there be for a free-spirited ditz with an unserious approach to life? Noted with her hanging a sign on her door whenever she was out, "Golightly traveling".

* AffectionateNickname: Holly calls the writer "Fred" after her brother.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: It's highly unlikely that the plane flying from Miami to Brazil will pass over the Andes. Granted, as it is Holly's words, it may just be a nod to her being BookDumb.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: It's highly unlikely that the plane flying from Maiami to Brazil will pass over the Andes. Granted, as it is Holly's words, it may just be a nod to her being BookDumb.

''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' is a 1958 novella by Truman Capote. It concerns [[AuthorAvatar nameless gay writer's]] friendship with Holly Golightly, a bicurious, borderline HookerWithAHeartOfGold. The story was a touching meditation on the varying nature of love, and how people of disparate backgrounds can form unconventional family groups.

* DidNotGetTheGirl[=/=]ForegoneConclusion: It's stated right off the bat that it had been years since the main character had ever seen or heard from Holly, and that she may well be somewhere in Africa at this point, and apparently the cat she threw out found a new home.

'''"Breakfast at Tiffany's"''' is a 1958 novella by Truman Capote. It concerns [[AuthorAvatar nameless gay writer's]] friendship with Holly Golightly, a bicurious, borderline HookerWithAHeartOfGold. The story was a touching meditation on the varying nature of love, and how people of disparate backgrounds can form unconventional family groups.

''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' is a 1958 novella by Truman Capote.

The novella is about a [[AuthorAvatar nameless gay writer's]] friendship with Holly Golightly, a bicurious, borderline HookerWithAHeartOfGold. The story was a touching meditation on the varying nature of love, and how people of disparate backgrounds can form unconventional family groups.

In [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys the 1961]] FilmOfTheBook, directed by Creator/BlakeEdwards, Creator/AudreyHepburn [[AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame wears a fabulous Givenchy dress and holds a cigarette in a holder]].

In [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys the 1961]] FilmOfTheBook, Creator/AudreyHepburn [[AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame wears a fabulous Givenchy dress and holds a cigarette in a holder]].

In [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys the 1961]] FilmOfTheBook, AudreyHepburn [[AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame wears a fabulous Givenchy dress and holds a cigarette in a holder]].

* ADogNamedDog: Holly's cat is named...Cat.

In [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys the 1961 film version]], AudreyHepburn [[AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame wears a fabulous Givenchy dress and holds a cigarette in a holder]].

* DidNotGetTheGirl[=/=]ForgoneConclusion: It's stated right off the bat that it had been years since the main character had ever seen or heard from Holly, and that she may well be somewhere in Africa at this point, and apparently the cat she threw out found a new home.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: It's stated right off the bat that it had been years since the main character had ever seen or heard from Holly, and that she may well be somewhere in Africa at this point, and apparently the cat she threw out found a new home.