| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-18页 |
| Chapter 2 The Impact of Victorian Ethics of Love and Marriage on Thomas Hardy | 第18-32页 |
| ·Ethics ofLove and Marriage | 第18-21页 |
| ·Victorian Ethics of Love and Marriage | 第21-28页 |
| ·Thomas Hardy's Ethics of Love and Marriage | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter 3 The Reasons of Contradiction | 第32-48页 |
| ·Thomas Hardy's Marriage | 第32-38页 |
| ·The Appeal to the Society | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Industrial Revolution and Feminism | 第43-48页 |
| Chapter 4 The Contradictory Ethics of Love and Marriage in Female Characters | 第48-57页 |
| ·Return to Marriage | 第48-53页 |
| ·Sophy in "Son's Veto" | 第48-51页 |
| ·Laura in the "Honorable Laura" | 第51-52页 |
| ·Lisa in the "The Distracted Preacher" | 第52-53页 |
| ·Run Away from Marriage | 第53-57页 |
| ·"The Duchess of Hamptonshire" | 第53-54页 |
| ·Aella in "An Imaginative Woman" | 第54-55页 |
| ·Caroline in "Marchioness of Stonehenge" | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| References | 第59-61页 |