An unnamed writer remembers living in New York City in the United States of America during World War II. He becomes friends with one of his neighbors, the beautiful yet strange, Holly Golightly. Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Breakfast at Tiffany's, a Level 4 Reader, is A2+ in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing more complex uses of present perfect simple, passives, phrasal verbs and simple relative clauses. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear regularly.

Truman Capote's dazzling New York novel Breakfast at Tiffany's that inspired the classic 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn is beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. 'What I've found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany's. It calms me down right away, the quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there, not with those kind men in their nice suits...' Meet Holly Golightly - a free spirited, lop-sided romantic girl about town. With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly is a style sensation wherever she goes. Her apartment rocks to Martini-soaked parties and she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate dream - to find a real life place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home. Full of sharp wit and exuberant, larger-than-life characters which vividly capture the restless, madcap era of 1940s New York, Breakfast at Tiffany's will make you fall in love, perhaps for the first time, with a book. 'A master writer ...makes the heart sing and the narrative fly' The New York Times 'The most romantic story ever written' Alex James, Guardian 'One of the century's greatest storytellers' Independent on Sunday Truman Capote was born in New Orleans in 1925. By the age of fourteen he had already started writing short stories, some of which were published. After leaving school at fifteen he worked for the New Yorker, his first - and last - regular job. Following this Capote spent two years on a Louisiana farm where he wrote Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948). He lived, at one time or another, in Greece, Italy, Africa and the West Indies, and travelled in Russia and the Orient. Capote is the author of many highly acclaimed books, including A Tree of Night and Other Stories (1949), The Grass Harp (1951), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), In Cold Blood (1965), which immediately became the centre of a storm of controversy on its publication, Music for Chameleons (1980) and Answered Prayers (1986). Truman Capote died in 1984.

It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and turned-up nose, a heart-breaker, a perplexer, a traveller, a tease. She is irrepressibly "top banana in the shock department", and one of the shining flowers of American fiction. This edition also contains three stories: "House of Flowers", "A Diamond Guitar" and "A Christmas Memory". "One of the twentieth century's most gorgeously romantic fictions." Daily Telegraph

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Holly Golightly is a glittering socialite mover and shaker: generally upwards, sometimes sideways and, every now and then, down. She's up all night drinking cocktails and breaking hearts. She's a shoplifter, a delight, a drifter, a tease. In short, an icon. Truman Capote's most famous work, Breakfast at Tiffany's is the ultimate ode to dreamers.

Книга организована по принципу билингвы: произведение опубликовано на языке оригинала с параллельным переводом на русский язык. Холли Голайтли - девушка с непростой судьбой. Рано оставшись без родителей, она стремится пробиться в жизни с помощью расположения мужчин. Нет, она не торгует своим телом, просто пытается заработать красотой и молодостью. Легкомысленная, ветреная, где-то даже порочная - она явно не пример для подражания. Но детская непосредственность, помноженная на женское обаяние, заставляют сопереживать героине и поддерживать её в борьбе за место под солнцем. Изучение иностранного языка методом параллельного чтения помогает не только расширять словарный запас, но и эффективно работать над усвоением грамматических конструкций и речевых оборотов. Составитель Л.Ф. Шитова.

Это Нью-Йорк 1940-х годов, где мартини течет от коктейля до завтрака в «Тиффани». А хорошие девушки – нет, за исключением, конечно, Холли Голайтли. Преследуемая гангстерами мафии и миллионерами-плейбоями, Холли — хрупкая девчонка с рыжеватыми волосами и вздернутым носом, сердцеедка, сбивающая с толку путешественница, дразнящая. Она неудержимо является «лучшим бананом в отделе шока» и одним из ярких цветов американской фантастики. В это издание также вошли три рассказа: «Дом цветов», «Бриллиантовая гитара» и «Рождественские воспоминания». «Один из самых великолепных романтических произведений двадцатого века». Дейли ТелеграфIt's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and turned-up nose, a heart-breaker, a perplexer, a traveller, a tease. She is irrepressibly "top banana in the shock department", and one of the shining flowers of American fiction. This edition also contains three stories: "House of Flowers", "A Diamond Guitar" and "A Christmas Memory". "One of the twentieth century's most gorgeously romantic fictions." Daily Telegraph

Truman Capotes dazzling New York novel Breakfast at Tiffanys that inspired the classic 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn is beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.Meet Holly Golightly - a free spirited, lop-sided romantic girl about town. With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly is a style sensation wherever she goes. Her apartment rocks to Martini-soaked parties and she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate dream - to find a real life place like Tiffanys that makes her feel at home. Full of sharp wit and exuberant, larger-than-life characters which vividly capture the restless, madcap era of 1940s New York, Breakfast at Tiffanys will make you fall in love, perhaps for the first time, with a book.

Truman Capotes dazzling New York novel Breakfast at Tiffanys that inspired the classic 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn is beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.Meet Holly Golightly - a free spirited, lop-sided romantic girl about town. With her tousled blond hair and upturned nose, dark glasses and chic black dresses, Holly is a style sensation wherever she goes. Her apartment rocks to Martini-soaked parties and she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet Holly never loses sight of her ultimate dream - to find a real life place like Tiffanys that makes her feel at home. Full of sharp wit and exuberant, larger-than-life characters which vividly capture the restless, madcap era of 1940s New York, Breakfast at Tiffanys will make you fall in love, perhaps for the first time, with a book.

In this seductive, wistful masterpiece Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffany's; her poignancy, wit, and naivete continue to charm. This volume also includes three of Capote's best-known stories, "House of Flowers," "A Diamond Guitar," and "A Christmas Memory," which the Saturday Review called "one of the most moving stories in our language." It is a tale of two innocents -a small boy and the old woman who is his best friend-whose sweetness contains a hard, sharp kernel of truth.

Собранные в книге произведения Трумэна Капоте написаны в разные годы и опубликованы в разных сборниках, но их объединяет одно место действия - Нью-Йорк, который сам становится действующим лицом повествования. Реалистичность описания городских улиц и пейзажей, сопоставимая по точности с путеводителем, сочетается с призрачной, порой неправдоподобной и даже мистической атмосферой, в которой реальность и внутренние переживания героев настолько переплетены, что у читателя возникает сомнение в реальности самих происходящих событий. Все герои писателя, изображённые с тонким психологизмом, - это неустроенные и одинокие люди в поисках себя и своего места в жизни. Наряду с одним из самых известных произведений автора новеллы Завтрак у Тиффани, в книгу включены три рассказа: Мириам, Злой дух и Закрой последнюю дверь. В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня Intermediate. Адаптация, сокращение и словарь: Беспалова Н. В.

It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and ... .

It's New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany's. And nice girls don't, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and ... .

"Завтрак у Тиффани" и избранные расказы. Собранные в книге произведения Трумэна Капоте написаны в разные годы и опубликованы в разных сборниках, но их объединяет одно место действия - Нью-Йорк, который сам становится действующим лицом повествования. Реалистичность описания городских улиц и пейзажей, сопоставимая по точности с путеводителем, сочетается с призрачной, порой неправдоподобной и даже мистической атмосферой, в которой реальность и внутренние переживания героев настолько переплетены, что у читателя возникает сомнение в реальности самих происходящих событий. Все герои писателя, изображённые с тонким психологизмом, - это неустроенные и одинокие люди в поисках себя и своего места в жизни. Наряду с одним из самых известных произведений автора новеллы Завтрак у Тиффани, в книгу включены три рассказа: Мириам, Злой дух и Закрой последнюю дверь. В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня Intermediate. Адаптация, сокращение и словарь: Беспалова Н. В.

"Завтрак у Тиффани" и избранные расказы. Собранные в книге произведения Трумэна Капоте написаны в разные годы и опубликованы в разных сборниках, но их объединяет одно место действия - Нью-Йорк, который сам становится действующим лицом повествования. Реалистичность описания городских улиц и пейзажей, сопоставимая по точности с путеводителем, сочетается с призрачной, порой неправдоподобной и даже мистической атмосферой, в которой реальность и внутренние переживания героев настолько переплетены, что у читателя возникает сомнение в реальности самих происходящих событий. Все герои писателя, изображённые с тонким психологизмом, - это неустроенные и одинокие люди в поисках себя и своего места в жизни. Наряду с одним из самых известных произведений автора новеллы Завтрак у Тиффани, в книгу включены три рассказа: Мириам, Злой дух и Закрой последнюю дверь. В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня Intermediate. Адаптация, сокращение и словарь: Беспалова Н. В.

Breathtaking... The stories are special. They stand in their own right as lovely vignettes of the lives of the lonely, broken and troubled' Andrew Johnson, Independent. Written when Truman Capote was in his teens and twenties, these recently-discovered short stories give a rare insight into an American icon. Tales of disappointed lovers, ageing spinsters, hoboes and murderous housewives, of yearning, poverty, despair, compassion, wit and wonder, they show us the boy from Alabama who became one of the twentieth century's most celebrated literary voices. 'An intriguing glimpse of Capote as a boy: precocious, provocative, spirited and strange, a "pocket Merlin" spinning tall tales' Olivia Laing, New Statesman.

'The only four things that interested me were: reading books, going to the movies, tap-dancing and drawing pictures. Then one day I started writing . . .' Truman Capote began writing at the age of eight, and never looked back. A Capote Reader contains much of the author's published work: his brilliant and prolific oeuvre of fiction, travel sketches, portraits, reportage and essays. It includes all twelve of his celebrated short stories, together with The Grass Harp and Breakfast at Tiffany's. There are vivid sketches of places from Tangiers to Brooklyn, and fascinating insights into the lives of his contemporaries, from Jane Bowles and Cecil Beaton to Marilyn Monroe and Tennessee Williams. Generous space is devoted to reportage including 'The Muses Are Heard', on his trip to Communist Europe in the 1950s with the cast of Porgy and Bess. In all, A Capote Reader demonstrates the chameleon talents of one of America's most versatile and gifted writers.