# Annie — The Nature of a Crime character guide

> Annie in The Nature of a Crime by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Who they are

A named woman, possibly a servant or acquaintance, appearing briefly.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nature_of_a_crime_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_social_

Annie is a minor acquaintance of the narrator, their interactions are brief and superficial, lacking deep emotional connection.

### [Edward Burden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nature_of_a_crime_se/characters/edward_burden)

_social_

Annie and Edward Burden have a minor social connection, perhaps as acquaintances in the same circle, but not significant.

### [Miss Averies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nature_of_a_crime_se/characters/miss_averies)

_social_

Annie and Miss Averies have a single, likely trivial interaction, indicating they are barely acquainted.

### [Edward Burden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nature_of_a_crime_se/characters/edward_burden)

_social_

Annie and Edward Burden have a minor social connection, perhaps as acquaintances in the same circle, but not significant.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nature_of_a_crime_se/chapters/iv)

Burden's fiancée, to whom he considers confessing his past.

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