“His two other children were of very inferior value. . . . Anne, with an elegance of mind and sweetness of character, which must have placed her high with any people of real understanding, was nobody with either father or sister; her word had no weight, her convenience was always to give way — she was only Anne.”
Persuasion, volume 1, chapter 1
A Walk with Jane Austen: A Journey into Adventure, Love, and Faith