| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Edith Wharton | 第10-11页 |
| ·About The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 2 The Writing Background Comparison between the Two Novels | 第14-20页 |
| ·The Writing Background of The House of Mirth | 第14-16页 |
| ·The Writing Background of The Age of Innocence | 第16-18页 |
| ·The Comparison | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Wharton's Worldviews Reflected through the Protagonists' Comparisons between the Two Novels | 第20-60页 |
| ·Wharton's Worldview towards Women | 第21-25页 |
| ·Lily | 第22-23页 |
| ·Ellen | 第23-25页 |
| ·Wharton's Worldview towards Society and Personal Realization | 第25-47页 |
| ·Lily's Self-realization | 第28-39页 |
| ·Archer's Self-realization | 第39-45页 |
| ·Ellen's Self-realization | 第45-46页 |
| ·The Maturity of the Characters | 第46-47页 |
| ·Wharton's Worldview towards Love | 第47-60页 |
| ·Selden's Manipulation over Lily | 第50-53页 |
| ·Ellen's Manipulation over Archer | 第53-59页 |
| ·The Comparison | 第59-60页 |
| Chapter 4 Wharton's Worldview Transition from Waste to Maturity | 第60-74页 |
| ·The Relation between the Protagonists and Wharton Herself | 第60-65页 |
| ·Lily and Wharton | 第61-62页 |
| ·Archer and Wharton | 第62-65页 |
| ·Ellen and Wharton | 第65页 |
| ·The Transition of Wharton's Worldview | 第65-74页 |
| ·Waste in The House of Mirth | 第66-69页 |
| ·Maturity in The Age of Innocence | 第69-71页 |
| ·The Transition from Waste to Maturity | 第71-74页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第74-79页 |
| Works Cited | 第79-82页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文和取得的科研成果 | 第82页 |
