Nancy

Fagin

Fagin exerts a manipulative, paternalistic control over Nancy, exploiting her loyalty and fear.

Bill Sikes

They are in a violent, abusive relationship; Sikes dominates and ultimately murders Nancy.

Fagin

Fagin exerts a manipulative, paternalistic control over Nancy, exploiting her loyalty and fear.

Bill Sikes

They are in a violent, abusive relationship; Sikes dominates and ultimately murders Nancy.

Bill Sikes

They are in a violent, abusive relationship; Sikes dominates and ultimately murders Nancy.

Fagin

Fagin exerts a manipulative, paternalistic control over Nancy, exploiting her loyalty and fear.

XIII: Some New Acquaintances Are Introduced to the Intelligent Reader, Connected with Whom Various Pleasant Matters Are Related, Appertaining to This History

Nancy initially resists but is ultimately persuaded by Sikes and Fagin to go to the police office pretending to be Oliver's sister; she successfully obtains information about Oliver's whereabouts.

XV: Showing How Very Fond of Oliver Twist the Merry Old Jew and Miss Nancy Were

Nancy pretends to be Oliver's sister in the street, crying and claiming he ran away from his parents, to deceive bystanders and help Sikes recapture Oliver.

XVI: Relates What Became of Oliver Twist, After He Had Been Claimed by Nancy

Nancy holds Oliver's hand, trembles at the thought of executions, and later fiercely defends Oliver from Fagin's beating and Sikes's dog, revealing her conflicted conscience.

XIX: In Which a Notable Plan Is Discussed and Determined On

Reluctantly agrees to bring Oliver to Sikes, showing no flinching when Fagin scrutinizes her loyalty.

XX: Wherein Oliver Is Delivered Over to Mr. William Sikes

Brings Oliver to Sikes; shows bruises from past abuse and pleads for his silence.

Chapter XXVI: In Which a Mysterious Character Appears Upon the Scene; and Many Things, Inseparable from This History, Are Done and Performed

Nancy is drunk and defiant when Fagin confronts her; she refuses to cooperate and expresses hope that Oliver is dead.

Chapter XXXIX: Introduces Some Respectable Characters with Whom the Reader Is Already Acquainted, and Shows How Monks and the Jew Laid Their Worthy Heads Together

Pale and exhausted from nursing Sikes, faints after being struck, then hides her bonnet and shawl upon Monks' arrival.

A Strange Interview, Which Is a Sequel to the Last Chapter

Nancy secretly meets Rose Maylie to reveal Monks' plot against Oliver, but refuses to leave her life with Sikes.

The Time Arrives for Nancy to Redeem Her Pledge to Rose Maylie. She Fails

Grows pale and thin, oscillates between laughter and dejection, and is resolved to keep her secret despite internal conflict.

Noah Claypole Is Employed by Fagin on a Secret Mission

Nancy is the target of Fagin's surveillance; she is followed by Noah as she leaves the public-house at night.

XLVI: The Appointment Kept

Meets Mr. Brownlow and Rose Maylie on London Bridge to provide information about Monks, but refuses their offer of escape.

Fatal Consequences

Is confronted by Sikes at home, pleads for her life, but is brutally murdered by him.

XLVIII: The Flight of Sikes

Though deceased, Nancy's corpse and ghostly presence haunt Sikes throughout his flight, symbolizing his inescapable guilt.

Monks and Mr. Brownlow at Length Meet. Their Conversation, and the Intelligence That Interrupts It

Her murder is referenced as a crime to which Monks was morally a party.

LIII: And Last

Mentioned in the context of her sister Agnes's memory.