| Abbreviations | 第1-6页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-18页 |
| Chapter I A Portrait of Inner Life — Place and People | 第18-25页 |
| 1. Beneath the Surface of Lives | 第18-19页 |
| 2. The “Small Town”: A Cut-off and Backward Place | 第19-22页 |
| 3. All the Lonely Souls | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter II Emotional Manifestations —Grotesques | 第25-40页 |
| 1. A Picture of Isolation | 第26-36页 |
| ·Sordid Appearance | 第26-27页 |
| ·Wall of Communication | 第27-28页 |
| ·Hands: Expressions of Feelings | 第28-30页 |
| ·Eyes | 第30-32页 |
| ·Motions | 第32-34页 |
| ·Light in the Darkness | 第34-36页 |
| 2. The Sweetness of the Twisted Apples | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter III Cause of Loneliness: Loneliness of Their Own Fault? | 第40-58页 |
| 1. Inarticulation | 第40-45页 |
| 2. Being Lost between Two Ages | 第45-58页 |
| ·Alienation by the Machine Age and Nostalgia for Pastoral Life | 第46-49页 |
| ·Loss of Tradition | 第49-51页 |
| ·Loss of Innocence | 第51-58页 |
| Chapter IV Anderson’s Attitude Towards the Lonely Souls | 第58-67页 |
| 1. The Sympathy and Understanding of a Man Who Has Felt the Moving Passions of His People | 第58-60页 |
| 2. The Moment of Revelation and Aliveness | 第60-62页 |
| 3. Optimism or Pessimism? | 第62-67页 |
| Conclusion | 第67-71页 |
| Works Cited | 第71-74页 |
