THE REAL-LIFE DEATH OF NANCY
n what is possibly the most graphic and disturbing scene in any Charles Dickens book, the author described the brutal murder of Nancy by Bill Sikes in It’s an event so dark than many adaptations of the book have tended to avoid portraying it in any detail. It’s been questioned just why this scene is so violent in the context of the wider story, but author Rebecca Gowers pointed to a potential link when she wrote her novel, which was inspired by real events.
