Nancy: Character Introduction and Tragedy

From Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Nancy, the prostitute loyal to Bill Sikes yet morally awakened by Oliver's plight, is one of Dickens's most complex female characters and the moral center of the novel's second half.
Chapter 9

Nancy is introduced as one of Fagin's young women, 'not exactly pretty, perhaps' but with a 'free and agreeable' manner.

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Chapter 40

Nancy's secret meeting with Rose Maylie on London Bridge, where she refuses rescue but provides crucial information.

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