| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-8页 |
| Preface in Chinese | 第8-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter One Hardy and Nature | 第14-19页 |
| 1． A Brief Introduction to Hardy and His Fiction | 第14-17页 |
| 2． The Meaning of the Word Nature | 第17页 |
| 3． The Story of The Return of the Native | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two The Characteristics of Nature in Hardy's Novels | 第19-26页 |
| 1． The characteristics of Hardy's landscape description | 第19-23页 |
| 2． Human Nature in Hardy's Novels | 第23-24页 |
| 3． Nature Is Not Perfect | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Three The Return of the Native—A Tragedy of Nature | 第26-38页 |
| 1． Egdon Heath | 第26-28页 |
| 2． Landscape and Man | 第28-33页 |
| 3． Nature and Plot | 第33-35页 |
| 4． The Conflict Between Human Nature and Man's Moral Code | 第35-36页 |
| 5． Landscape and Society | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Hardy's View of Nature | 第38-44页 |
| 1． Hardy's View of Nature and Darwinist Influence | 第38-42页 |
| 2． Hardy Is a Meliorist | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter Five Hardy's Influence on D．H．Lawrence and Other Later Writers in The Treatment of Nature | 第44-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-47页 |
| References | 第47-48页 |
| Appendix | 第48-50页 |
