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In A Little Princess, Becky is a scullery maid at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, the story's primary setting.

Background
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Becky was not a character in Burnett's original novella, Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's. Burnett first added Becky to the story in her 1902 theatrical adaptation of the novella: in the play, Becky appears as one of four servants at the seminary.

From the 1840s onward, popular science literature in Europe, including Great Britain, circulated among the Victorian middle class, and many of these texts expressed concerns about child malnutrition.

Synopsis
In A Little Princess, Becky is a scullery maid at the Select Seminary. In her first appearance, Becky stands by the school's kitchen steps while watching Sara Crewe, which Crewe notices. When Becky realizes Crewe has spotted her, she enters the kitchen, exiting the scene.

In Becky's next scene, she listens in while Crewe tells other students a story about a mermaid.

Interpretation
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Adaptations
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African American actress Vanessa Lee Chambers portrays Becky in Alfonso Cuarón's 1995 film adaptation.

In Wishing for Tomorrow, author Hilary McKay's 2010 sequel to A Little Princess, Becky gets married.