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ed a book called "Breakfast at Tiffany's." It has become one of the most well known stories in American culture. The main character is Holly Golightly. She is a free-spirited young woman living in New York City.
Holly is very beautiful and has many lovers. She runs from party to party wearing little black dresses and dark sunglasses. But she has a mysterious past that she tries to escape. At the end of the story Holly leaves New York forever. She disappears from the lives of the men who knew her. But they can never forget her colorful personality.
BOB DOUGHTY: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was soon made into a movie. The film stars Audrey Hepburn. She captures Holly Golightly's spirit perfectly. Here is a scene from the movie. Holly and her friend Paul are visiting Tiffany's, a very costly jewelry store.
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: "Isn't it wonderful? You see what I mean how nothing bad could ever happen to you in a place like this? It isn't that I give a hoot about jewelry except diamonds of course -- like that! [looking at a diamond necklace] What do you think?"
PAUL: "Well ...
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: "Of course, personally I think it would be tacky to wear diamonds before I am forty."
PAUL: "Well, you're right. but in the mean time you should have something."
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: "I'll wait."
PAUL: "No, I'm going to buy you a present. You bought me one -- a typewriter ribbon and it brought me luck."
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: "All right, but Tiffany's can be pretty expensive."
PAUL: "I've got my check and ...ten dollars."
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY: "Oh, I wouldn't let you cash your check. But a present for ten dollars or under, that I'll accept. Of course, I don't exactly know what we're going to find at Tiffany's for ten dollars."
FAITH LAPIDUS: In the late nineteen fifties Truman Capote started developing a method of writing that would revolutionize journalism. He wanted to combine the facts of reporting with th
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