| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-14页 |
| 1 Introduction to the Author | 第7-9页 |
| 2 Introductions to the Her Three Works of Obvious Escape Tendency | 第9-11页 |
| 3 Literature Review of Edith Wharton | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One Wharton and the Escape Tradition | 第14-21页 |
| ·Escape as a Historical Inheritance | 第14-15页 |
| ·Escape Motif in American Literature | 第15-16页 |
| ·Escape in Wharton’s Life | 第16-21页 |
| Chapter Two Various Escapes in Wharton’s works | 第21-35页 |
| ·Escape from Their Marriage | 第21-30页 |
| ·Unconscious Escapers in Their Reluctance to Get Married | 第21-25页 |
| ·Unconventional Escapers in Their Breaking Loose from Marriage | 第25-27页 |
| ·Painful Escapers from their marriage in Their Inescapability | 第27-30页 |
| ·Escape from the Sophistication of the Society | 第30-32页 |
| ·Compromised Escapers in Their Double Life | 第30-31页 |
| ·Resolute Escapers in Their Graphical Move | 第31-32页 |
| ·Escape from Being Alienated | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Three The Significance of Escape | 第35-40页 |
| ·As a Means of Keeping Individuality | 第35-36页 |
| ·As a Solace from Unbearable Reality | 第36-38页 |
| ·As a Quest for Freedom and Happiness | 第38-40页 |
| Conclusion | 第40-42页 |
| Bibliography | 第42-45页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第45页 |
