| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第1-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ A Survey of Some Characteristic Poor People in Gissing's Novels | 第10-20页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Poverty Rather Than the Poor | 第20-26页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Gissing's Views on the Causes of Poverty | 第26-34页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Why is Gissing's Attitude Ambivalent? | 第34-40页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第40-43页 |
| Notes | 第43-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-52页 |