This document summarizes the theme of marriage in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It notes that Austen made marriage the universal theme in her novels. In Pride and Prejudice, the story begins with the famous line that "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." At the end of both Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, multiple marriages take place, with Jane marrying Mr. Bingly, Elizabeth marrying Mr. Darcy, Elinor marrying Edward, and Marianne marrying Colonel Brandon. The document concludes that Austen used marriage as the central theme and that her novels typically end with several marriages.