| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| 摘要 | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Abbreviations for Texts Cited | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One Discourse of Progress in the Victorian England | 第15-28页 |
| ·The Age of Progress, Bumptious Optimism and Evasion | 第15-18页 |
| ·Different Voices from Victorian Sages | 第18-23页 |
| ·Thomas Hardy's Response | 第23-28页 |
| Chapter Two Thomas Hardy and London | 第28-38页 |
| ·Thomas Hardy the Observer in London | 第29-34页 |
| ·Influences and Reflections on Hardy's Works | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Three The Insatiable Swallower in Tess | 第38-52页 |
| ·The Machine and Its Owner | 第39-43页 |
| ·The Machine and Its Employer | 第43-48页 |
| ·The Machine and Its Workers | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Four Little Father Time in Jude the Obscure | 第52-69页 |
| ·Characteristics of Little Father Time | 第53-57页 |
| ·The Coming of Little Father Time and the Consequences | 第57-64页 |
| ·Thomas Hardy's Voice and Contribution | 第64-69页 |
| Conclusion | 第69-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-75页 |
