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* Played straight in [[Older Than Feudalism|Ovid's]] ''[[The Metamorphoses (Literature)|The Metamorphoses]]'' with [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Ifis]] and Ianthe: despite loving each other deeply, Ifis has to be turned into a boy via [[Deus Ex Machina]] in order to happily marry her.

** Also note that the "Hide Your Lesbians" attitude was very common back then.

* Played with in a [[Judge Knott]] book (murder mystery series). One lesbian couple in the [[Deep South|small southern town]] the series takes place in remain very deeply closeted and it's a significant plot point in the book.

* The [[Agatha Christie (Creator)|Agatha Christie]] novel ''[[A Murder Is Announced]]'', features two unmarried, middle-aged women, Miss Hinchliffe and Miss Murgatroyd. They live together, Miss Hinchliffe looks and acts like a man and dislikes men, and {{spoiler|she's devastated when Murgatroyd is killed.}} The exact nature of their relationship, however, is not specified, and since Christie held rather old-fashioned views, it's possible that the subtext isn't even intentional. Since there were certainly [[Real Life]] arrangements like this in a [[Genteel Interbellum Setting]], it's even possible she based them on a genuine lesbian couple without realising that was the relationship.

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