| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第10-20页 |
| 1.1 Introduction to the author | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Literature review | 第12-17页 |
| 1.3 Focus and structure of the thesis | 第17-20页 |
| 2. Ethical Context Presented by the Intrusive Narrator | 第20-40页 |
| 2.1 Narrator's description of social stratification | 第20-27页 |
| 2.2 Narrator's depiction of gender issues | 第27-40页 |
| 3. Ethical Conflicts Reflected in Intrusive Narration | 第40-61页 |
| 3.1 Conflict concerning personal issues | 第40-51页 |
| 3.1.1 Amelia's emotional needs | 第41-43页 |
| 3.1.2 Amelia's view of female purity | 第43-46页 |
| 3.1.3 Amelia's ethical conflict | 第46-51页 |
| 3.2 Conflict concerning class issues | 第51-61页 |
| 3.2.1 Class solidification supported by upper classes | 第51-54页 |
| 3.2.2 Middle and lower classes' desire for social mobility | 第54-57页 |
| 3.2.3 Ethical conflict caused by class issues | 第57-61页 |
| 4. Moral Values Conveyed through the Intrusive Narrator | 第61-80页 |
| 4.1 Narrator's insistence on traditional moral values | 第62-71页 |
| 4.1.1 A happy ending for Amelia | 第63-67页 |
| 4.1.2 Criticism of Rebecca's extramarital relations | 第67-71页 |
| 4.2 Narrator's compromise to the emerging moral values | 第71-80页 |
| 4.2.1 Acceptance of social mobility | 第72-74页 |
| 4.2.2 Sympathy for the "new woman" | 第74-80页 |
| 5. Conclusion | 第80-86页 |
| Bibliography | 第86-88页 |
