The destination of a novel is what ends up happening. In Pride and Prejudice, the destination can be pretty much inferred from the first chapter, even from the first sentence; "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Rerasons for this are that this sentence stands isolated in its own paragraph, which signifies it's importance and makes it stands out, and that it is the first thing the author included in the novel, again highlighting it's significance.
Furthermore, there is no description of either character or setting right until the end of the chapter, which means that the focus is shifted to the topic of the dialogue: again, marriage.
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