A writer from New York, whose name is never mentioned, meets a woman named Holly Golightly and is pulled into an on again and off again friendship wih her. They are both tenants in a Manhattan brownstone and meet when he notices she had lost her room key and causes a commotion. She begins frequently ringing him to let her in to the apartment and he becomes fascinated with her. One night, Holly climbs in through the narrator’s window after one of her lover turns aggressive in bed. He reads her one of his short stories and eventually they fall asleep together.
Holly and "Fred" (she calls him Fred after her brother) grow closer over time, despite their on and off friendship. In New York, Holly has a lot of lovers, most of which are very wealthy. Holly tells the narrator that all of her “mean reds” can be solved at Tiffany’s.
Throughout the book we see that Holly is a wild thing, hates to be tamed, and is seeking a home that she may never find. She has few real friends, despite being a socialite and entertaining many people (mostly men) all the time. She won't open up about her past or things she feels, putting on her sunglasses even to read personal letters. However, the narrator learns about Holly's past from her abandoned husband, Doc Golightly. Holly and the real Fred ran away after their parents died and lived on only what they could find or steal. In the end, Golightly fears that she will never know what is really hers, until after she has thrown it away. She abandons her friend to seek her ever elusive goal of finding both riches and a place to call home.
She is only in the narrator's life for a brief time, perhaps a couple years, but the narrator has been forever touched by her and will never forget her.
Holly and "Fred" (she calls him Fred after her brother) grow closer over time, despite their on and off friendship. In New York, Holly has a lot of lovers, most of which are very wealthy. Holly tells the narrator that all of her “mean reds” can be solved at Tiffany’s.
Throughout the book we see that Holly is a wild thing, hates to be tamed, and is seeking a home that she may never find. She has few real friends, despite being a socialite and entertaining many people (mostly men) all the time. She won't open up about her past or things she feels, putting on her sunglasses even to read personal letters. However, the narrator learns about Holly's past from her abandoned husband, Doc Golightly. Holly and the real Fred ran away after their parents died and lived on only what they could find or steal. In the end, Golightly fears that she will never know what is really hers, until after she has thrown it away. She abandons her friend to seek her ever elusive goal of finding both riches and a place to call home.
She is only in the narrator's life for a brief time, perhaps a couple years, but the narrator has been forever touched by her and will never forget her.
