| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One: Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| ·E. M. Forster's early life experience | 第10-13页 |
| ·The historical background of the novels | 第13-15页 |
| ·Some related economic theories of Marxism and the structure of the thesis | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter Two: The Connection between the Outer Life and the Inner Life | 第19-33页 |
| ·The connection with the lowbrow | 第19-27页 |
| ·The contrast between the Wilcoxes and the Schlegels | 第19-21页 |
| ·The spiritual connection between Margaret and Mrs. Wilcox | 第21-23页 |
| ·The love and marriage of Margaret and Mr. Wilcox | 第23-27页 |
| ·The connection with the highbrow | 第27-30页 |
| ·The triumph of connection | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Three: The Connection of All Human Beings | 第33-46页 |
| ·Adela Quested—A quest for love and connection | 第34-37页 |
| ·God is love—A messenger who bridges gulf and makes us friends of God | 第37-41页 |
| ·A passage to Maraber Caves—the miscarriage of connection | 第41-46页 |
| Chapter Four: Forster's Presentations of Connection in His Two Novels | 第46-55页 |
| ·Similarities in presentations of connection in Forster's two novels | 第46-52页 |
| ·Forster's insight into the process by which money is substituted for personal relations | 第46-49页 |
| ·Forster's theme of continuity | 第49-52页 |
| ·Differences in presentations of connections in Forster's two novels | 第52-55页 |
| ·Different historical background of connection | 第52-53页 |
| ·Different spheres of connection | 第53-54页 |
| ·Different results of connection | 第54-55页 |
| Chapter Five: Conclusion | 第55-58页 |
| Notes | 第58-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-63页 |
