Breakfast at Tiffany's Allusions & Cultural References

Literary and Philosophical References

• William Saroyan (3.14)
• Ernest Hemingway (3.14)
• W. Somerset Maugham (3.16)
• Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (8.20)

Historical References

• Sigmund Freud (4.16)
• Unity Mitford, a supporter and friend of Hitler's (4.41)
• Adolf Hitler (4.41)
• Cleopatra (6.6)
• Nero, Roman emperor (12.2)
• Nehru, prime minister of India from 1947-1964 (12.3)
• Wendell Wilkie, Republican nominee in the 1940 presidential election (12.3)

Pop Culture References

• Gilbert and Sullivan, nineteenth-century composers (1.4)
• Our Gal Sunday, radio soap (1.4)
• Cole Porter and Kurt Weill (3.5)
• Oklahoma! (3.5)
• Luise Rainer, German film actress (4.18)
• The Story of Dr. Wassell, 1944 Cecil B. DeMille film (4.20)
• Cecil B. DeMille, film director (4.20)
• David O. Selznick, producer (4.34)
• William Randolph Hearst (12.2)
• Bergdorf, upscale New York department store (3.41)
• "21," famous club/restaurant (3.3)
• Tiffany's (4.51)

Biblical References

• St. Christopher (8.10)