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Marilyn Monroe Reads at Home

Marilyn Monroe Reads at Home

Her sex-symbol image aside, Monroe is an avid reader of 20th-century literature and is often photographed curling up with a book, as in this shot taken at her Hollywood home in 1953.

In this photo: Marilyn Monroe

Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

May 01, 1953
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