| Abstract in English | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-16页 |
| 1. Jane Austen and Sense and Sensibility | 第9-10页 |
| 2. Literature Review on Sense and Sensibility | 第10-12页 |
| 3. Theoretical Foundation | 第12-15页 |
| 4. Research Aim | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter One The Long Cold-to-Warm Process of Reception | 第16-24页 |
| ·Disparaging Period | 第16-18页 |
| ·Controversial Period | 第18-20页 |
| ·Warmly Discussed Period | 第20-22页 |
| ·Systematic Period | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two The Unmatched Combination of the Reader’s Horizon of Expectation and the Text in the Former Two Periods | 第24-30页 |
| ·The Reader’s Horizon of Expectation in Regency Era | 第24-27页 |
| ·The Reader’s Horizon of Expectation in Victorian Period | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Three The Harmonious Combinaiton of the Reader’s Horizon of Expectation and the Text in the Latter Two Periods | 第30-42页 |
| ·The Reader’s Horizon of Expectation in Modern Society | 第30-34页 |
| ·The Novel’s Artistic Greatnesses over Reader’s Horizon of Expectation | 第34-42页 |
| Conclusion | 第42-44页 |
| Bibliography | 第44-48页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第48页 |
