| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| ·An Introduction to Charles Dickens | 第8-10页 |
| ·Charles Dickens and His Achievements | 第8-9页 |
| ·The Nature of Dickens’s Realism | 第9-10页 |
| ·An Introduction to Great Expectations | 第10-14页 |
| ·The General Idea of Great Expectations | 第10-11页 |
| ·The Critical Responses to Great Expectations | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 2 An Analysis of the English Middle Class | 第14-20页 |
| ·The Development of the English Middle Class in the Victorian Age | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Values of the Middle Class in the Victorian Age | 第16-18页 |
| ·Dickens’s Value of Middle Class | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Criticism and Disillusionment in Great Expectations | 第20-29页 |
| ·Criticism of the English Middle Class | 第20-23页 |
| ·Criticism of Hypocrisy of the English Middle Class | 第20-21页 |
| ·Attacks upon Venality of the English Middle Class | 第21-23页 |
| ·Darkness in Great Expectations | 第23-26页 |
| ·Disillusionment in Plots | 第23-24页 |
| ·Melancholy in Settings | 第24-25页 |
| ·Disappointment in Characters | 第25-26页 |
| ·Reasons for Criticism and Darkness | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter 4 Ideal of Domesticity in Great Expectations | 第29-36页 |
| ·The Domestic Angel | 第29-31页 |
| ·The Separation of Private from Public Life | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Upholding of a Complete Family | 第33-34页 |
| ·True Gentleman | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第36-38页 |
| Bibliography | 第38-41页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第41-42页 |
