# Leila — Don Juan character guide

> Leila in Don Juan by Lord Byron.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** little Leila, Little Leila

**First appearance:** 0013-canto-viii

## Who they are

A young orphan girl rescued by Juan during the siege of Ismail.

## In the story

### [Canto X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_juan_se/chapters/canto-x)

Travels with Juan to England; gazes at Canterbury Cathedral and questions why Infidels are allowed in 'God's House'.

### [Canto XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_juan_se/chapters/canto-xii)

The little orphan from the East, now a fashionable mystery in London society, with her education being contested by dowagers.

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