I first read Pride and Prejudice when I was 11, and I’ve been a Jane Austen junkie ever since.
A few years ago, I had the realization that if Jane Austen and Aristotle had been born in the same century, they would have fallen in love. Jane Austen’s novels are actually textbooks on the art of argument or rhetoric. On October 18th, 2013, I gave a 5 minute presentation titled “Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen and the Art of Argument” at Ignite Phoenix, to a crowd of over 800 people. Here’s the video:
Meanwhile, 5 minutes at Ignite Phoenix only touched on the things I love about Jane Austen and argument.
You can click on the above images to learn more about Talk Like Jane Austen Day, to find out about my favorite classic rhetoricians and the rhetorical moves used in Pride and Prejudice, and much more.