| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-18页 |
| ·Critical survey | 第9-10页 |
| ·Feminist criticism | 第10-13页 |
| ·Women’s social status in Victorian England | 第13-15页 |
| ·George Eliot’s life and her idea of women | 第15-18页 |
| Chapter Two Female Challenge to the Male-dominated Society | 第18-32页 |
| ·Challenge to the old educational system | 第18-22页 |
| ·Challenge to the traditional concept of occupation | 第22-24页 |
| ·Challenge to the conventional concept of marriage | 第24-32页 |
| Chapter Three Mournful Compromise of Female Characters | 第32-42页 |
| ·Mournful compromise | 第32-34页 |
| ·The reasons for the compromise | 第34-40页 |
| ·George Eliot’s view of ideal womanhood | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four Conclusion | 第42-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-50页 |
