伊迪丝·沃顿的小说《欢乐之家》中的女主角莉莉·巴特试图通过嫁个有钱丈夫留在上流社会 ,却被这个社会所抛弃 ,并最后服药自杀。莉莉悲剧的根源首先来自于金钱至上、男权至上的腐朽社会 ,其次是她自己对精神与理想的追求与她所处的社会格格不入。作者的创作意图在于通过讲述莉莉的故事 ,批判那个摧残人性与理想的社会制度 The actress Lily Butt in Edith Walton’s Novels of Joy tries to marry a wealthy husband and stay in the upper class, but she is abandoned by the community and eventually suicide. The origins of Lily’s tragedy come first from the decadent society with supremacy of money and supremacy of patriarchal power, followed by her own pursuit of spirituality and ideals and the society she lives in. The writer’s intention is to criticize the social system that destroyed human nature and ideals by telling Lily’s story