| Abstract in Chinese | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in English | 第5-6页 |
| Tables of Contents | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-19页 |
| ·The Writer | 第8-11页 |
| ·The Novel | 第11-15页 |
| ·Literature Review and the Purpose of This Thesis | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter Two Darwin and Wharton | 第19-24页 |
| ·Darwin and Darwinism | 第19-22页 |
| ·Darwin and His Thinking of Biological Evolution | 第19-20页 |
| ·Darwinism | 第20-22页 |
| ·The Influence of Darwinism on Wharton in Her Works | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Darwinism and the Inevitability of Lily's Tragedy | 第24-53页 |
| ·The Principle of Adaptation | 第25-34页 |
| ·Lily's Adaptation | 第25-30页 |
| ·Selden's Adaptation | 第30-34页 |
| ·The Principle of Struggle for Existence | 第34-48页 |
| ·Struggle between Ideal and Secular Marriage | 第34-43页 |
| ·Struggle between Vulgar Necessities and Autonomy | 第43-46页 |
| ·Gender Struggle | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Effects of Heredity | 第48-53页 |
| Chapter Four The Failure and the Survivors | 第53-64页 |
| ·The Aggressive and Self-Centered Bertha Dorset | 第53-58页 |
| ·Plain,Undemanding and Self-sufficient Gerty Farish | 第58-61页 |
| ·Harmony and Solidity out of The House of Mirth | 第61-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-73页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第73页 |
