# Miss Larkins — David Copperfield character guide

> Miss Larkins in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The eldest Miss Larkins, the eldest Miss Larkins, the Larkins, the late Miss Larkins

**First appearance:** 0022-xix-i-look-about-me-and-make-a-discovery

## Who they are

A beautiful older girl David admires as a youth.

## In the story

### [A Retrospect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/david_copperfield_se/chapters/xviii-a-retrospect)

The eldest Miss Larkins, object of David's intense but short-lived romantic obsession, who dances with him and later marries Mr. Chestle.

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