Are there any short stories (not greek myths) with a similar theme as the myth of Echo and Narcissus?

A short story by mystery writer Ruth Rendell comes to mind. Entitled "A Pair of Yellow Lilies", it describes two brief encounters between an economically -challenged, not very young, not


particularly beautiful woman and a very good looking younger man who sees only himself and his own interests. Fortunately, the memorable surprise ending is very different from the one experienced by Echo.





The story appears in several collections and anthologies.

Are there any short stories (not greek myths) with a similar theme as the myth of Echo and Narcissus?
Ovid's Metamorphisis is full of stories with similar themes and the author is latin, this answer might not be too useful for you because they use the same basic mythology.

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