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September 1, 2011

47 Interesting Vintage Photos of Marilyn Monroe Reading Book

Marilyn Monroe loved to read. She loved James Joyce, Walt Whitman, and poet Heinrich Heine. Saul Bellow and Carl Sandburg were literary heroes. Truman Capote and Isak Dinesen were her friends.

According to Open Culture, when Monroe died in 1962 she left around 400 books behind, “many of which were later catalogued and auctioned off by Christie’s in New York City.”

Now on Library Thing you can get a look at 262 of those books—her collection included Ulysses by James Joyce, Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Bound For Glory by Woody Guthrie, The Roots Of American Communism by Theodore Draper, The Bible, How To Travel Incognito by Ludwig Bemelmans, The Little Engine That Could, and Jack Kerouac's On The Road.

She also had a number of books that spoke to a more domestic life, including The Joy of Cooking, Baby & Child Care by Dr. Benjamin Spock, and one guide to flower arranging.
















































3 comments:

  1. She looks great in every picture. Fun to see!

    ciao

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  2. I don't know if I have ever read while I had makeup on! She looks amazing

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  3. I really wish i looked that hot when i read!

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