Marilyn Monroe Reading

Undated image, Monroe reads at home. Alfred Eisenstaedt—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

In a New York restaurant in 1955 Michael Ochs Archives—Getty Images

Marilyn Monroe reads a get-well card from her then boyfriend, baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, after undergoing an operation in 1952. Bettmann/Corbis

Monroe reads a script for a Clifford Odets movie, Clash by Night, for movie producer Jerry Wald. Bob Landry—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

Marilyn Monroe reading in her apartment, 1952, by Philippe Halsman

Marilyn Monroe reading script

Marilyn Monroe reading newspaper

Marilyn Monroe reading script outdoors in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, Aug. 8, 1950, by Ed Clark — Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Marilyn Monroe reading Motion Picture Daily, New York, c.1955, Ed Feingersh

Marilyn Monroe reading by Ed Feingersh, 1955.