The theme of love and marriage is one of the major themes of Pride and Prejudice. Through five marriages, Jane Austen defines the good and bad reasons for, ~ SOURCE: Moler, Kenneth L. “Pride and Prejudice and the Patrician Hero.” In Jane Austen's Art of Allusion, pp. 74-108. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1968; SYNOPSIS. Mrs. Bennet learns that Netherfield, a nearby country estate, has been rented by the young, wealthy, single Mr. Bingley. She orders her husband to go to Bingley immediately. Jane Austen, in particular, uses humor to describe the emphasis on marriage as a necessity for a woman during the 18th century. In Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", Mrs. Bennet is portrayed in a comical manner, she is focused on arranging her daughter's wedding, has poor manners and lacks good judgment; During the time of Pride and Prejudice, society viewed the ideal marriage as one based on financial stability and social equality. Although Jane Austen's vision of an ideal marriage included financial and social stability, love was also a major factor. In the novel, Jane Austen writes about suitable marriages and improper marriages. ~Pride and Prejudice is an extremely funny novel, but most students lack humor due to difficulties with the language. Close examination of Austen's ironic and scathing treatment of specific people. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man of good fortune must be in want of a wife. Everyone knows the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. But the chapter ends with an equally recognized truth about Mrs. Bennet, who has five daughters in need of a husband: her affairs,