# Catherine Arrowpoint — Daniel Deronda character guide

> Catherine Arrowpoint in Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Catherine, Miss Arrowpoint, Arrowpoint

**First appearance:** 0010-vi

## Who they are

A wealthy heiress who defies her parents to marry Klesmer.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/chapters/v)

Miss Arrowpoint, a skilled musician, plays a four-handed piece with Klesmer, highlighting her musical mastery.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/chapters/vi)

Miss Arrowpoint is an heiress with superior musical accomplishment, whose mental superiority provokes jealousy in Gwendolen.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned as the Arrowpoints' daughter, whom they hope Grandcourt might marry, though she has refused a previous suitor.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/chapters/xxi)

Mentioned as having left a card at the Davilow residence; her family is at Quetcham, where Klesmer may be staying.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/chapters/xxii)

Defies her parents to announce her engagement to Klesmer, valuing love over fortune.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/chapters/xxiii)

Mentioned as Klesmer's fiancée; her potential patronage adds to Gwendolen's humiliation.

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