The literary maturity of Miss Austen is at her finest in the way she captures the longing and emptiness of Anne's existence by contrasting her excellence against most of the others she must suffer under. At this point in the story, Anne, unlike other JA heroines, stands in almost flawless perfection by comparison. Little by little the reader realizes how worthy and superior Anne really is in almost every way and perhaps this tells us just a little of what kind of man it took to capture her deserving heart. God, how this story emotionally consumes me!