| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| ·About Mrs. Gaskell | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Critical Reviews of Mrs. Gaskell's Mary Barton | 第10-14页 |
| ·The Critical Reviews Abroad | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Domestic Critical Review | 第13-14页 |
| ·Mrs. Gaskell's Ethical Concerns in Mary Barton | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter II Theoretical and Critical Basis | 第15-24页 |
| ·Ethics and Literature | 第15-16页 |
| ·Ethical Literary Criticism | 第16-18页 |
| ·Factors Contributing to Mrs. Gaskell's Ethical Concerns | 第18-24页 |
| ·Her Life Background and Her Character | 第18-21页 |
| ·Her Unitarian Milieu | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter III Pursuit of Good in Terms of Human-other Relationship | 第24-39页 |
| ·The Obstacles to the Harmony of Human-other Relationship | 第24-29页 |
| ·Selfishness, Hypocrisy and Mercilessness | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Absence of Faith | 第27-29页 |
| ·Pursuit of Good to Establish Harmony among Humans | 第29-39页 |
| ·The Natural Affections in Humans | 第30-34页 |
| ·The Exalted Virtues in Humans | 第34-39页 |
| Chapter IV Pursuit of Sublimation in Terms of Human-self Relationship | 第39-49页 |
| ·Mary's and Jem's Process of Growing Mature | 第40-42页 |
| ·John Barton's Torturing Journey of Salvation | 第42-44页 |
| ·Young Carson's Death and Old Carson's Moral Sublimation | 第44-49页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| ·A Summary of the Research | 第49-50页 |
| ·Evaluation and Further Study | 第50-52页 |
| References | 第52-55页 |
| Published Paper during My Graduate Study | 第55页 |
