| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Introduction of Elizabeth Gaskell | 第10-11页 |
| ·Critical Reviews of North and South | 第11-13页 |
| ·Ethical Literary Criticism | 第13-16页 |
| Chapter One Pursuit of Truth in Terms of Human-society Relationship | 第16-23页 |
| ·Luxurious Life of the Upper Class | 第16-19页 |
| ·Penurious Life of the Workers | 第19-20页 |
| ·Compromise of the Millowners and the Workers | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Two Pursuit of Beauty in Terms of Human-nature Relationship | 第23-32页 |
| ·Nature as the Intimate of Human Beings | 第23-26页 |
| ·Ecological Devastation by Industrialization | 第26-29页 |
| ·Nature’s Retaliation against Human Beings | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter Three Pursuit of Goodness in Terms of Human-other Relationship | 第32-41页 |
| ·Sisterhood among Margaret Hale and Her Friends | 第33-35页 |
| ·Conjugal Love of the Hales | 第35-37页 |
| ·Maternal Love of Mrs. Thornton | 第37-41页 |
| Chapter Four Pursuit of Sublimation in Terms of Human-self Relationship | 第41-50页 |
| ·Process of Margaret Hale’s Maturity | 第41-46页 |
| ·Introspections of John Thornton and Nicholas Higgins | 第46-50页 |
| Conclusion | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-55页 |
| Publications | 第55页 |
