| Abstract in English | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One An Imaginary World Created by Virtuality | 第15-32页 |
| A.Conventional Realistic Features in the Story | 第15-19页 |
| B.Conventional Characters in the Novel | 第19-21页 |
| C.Styles of the Novel | 第21-25页 |
| D.Mental Confrontation in the 1860s | 第25-32页 |
| Chapter Two Linkage between Imagination and Reality | 第32-49页 |
| A.Anachronism:A Bridge between Past and Present | 第32-37页 |
| B.Morphing from Narrator into Character | 第37-43页 |
| C.First Ending:From Imagination to Reality | 第43-44页 |
| D.Time Evolution:From Past to Present | 第44-49页 |
| Chapter Three The Virtual as Reservoir of Potentiality | 第49-62页 |
| A.Triple Endings | 第49-51页 |
| B.Simitar Mental Confrontation in the 1960s | 第51-53页 |
| C.Nuggets in Imagination | 第53-55页 |
| D.Modem Charles's Spiritual Ordeal | 第55-62页 |
| Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
| Notes | 第65-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第70-71页 |
| Academic Achievements | 第71页 |
