| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter I Literary Naturalism and Its Influence on Edith Wharton | 第14-19页 |
| ·General Introduction to Naturalism | 第14-17页 |
| ·Influence of Naturalism on Edith Wharton | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter II The Wilting of Lily in The House of Mirth | 第19-31页 |
| ·Lily: A “Highly Specialized Object”in a Marketplace of “Fair-play” | 第20-25页 |
| ·Lily: A Martyr for the “Republic of Spirit” | 第25-31页 |
| Chapter III A Beautiful Nightmare in Ethan Frome | 第31-41页 |
| ·The Collapse of Ethan under Deterministic Environment | 第32-37页 |
| ·Doomed Failure of Ethan’s Struggle for Escape | 第37-41页 |
| Conclusion | 第41-45页 |
| Works Cited | 第45-47页 |
