Lesbian Fanny gladdens my heart:—You know not how I love her." Wollstonecraft's first novel "", in part, addressed her relationship with Fanny Blood. Perhaps the most famous of these romantic friendships was between Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, nicknamed the Ladies of Llangollen. Butler and Ponsonby eloped in 1778, to the relief of Ponsonby's family (concerned about their reputation had she run away with a man) to live together in Wales for 51 years and be thought of as eccentrics. Their story was considered "the epitome of virtuous romantic friendship" and inspired poetry by Anna Seward and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Diarist
The Devil in Miss Jones Lumiere were lovers at the time and they accepted the adult film work as a means of raising money for their film collective. The movie was given an X rating by the MPAA and premiered at the 57th Street Playhouse in New York City. In many theaters it was shown after "Deep Throat" as part of a double bill. "The Devil In Miss Jones" broke the box office record for a pornographic film. It was more commercially successful than both "Deep Throat" and "Behind the Green Door", and successfully competed against mainstream films. It earned $15 million in gross rental