克莱恩是19世纪末期美国文坛比较具有代表性的作家,他最具有代表性的小说就是《街头女郎玛吉》。这部小说主要讲述了一位从贫民窟长大的女孩被迫沦为街头妓女最终选择自杀的故事。克莱恩将小说的环境定义在贫民窟,但是没有使用环境决定论来阐述玛吉的故事,悲剧式的外部环境不可以简单地当作物质生活的外部环境。从道德伦理角度来说,应该准确地定义玛吉的悲惨生活境遇,小说人物的道德沦丧是导致玛吉悲惨命运的根源。受爱情伦理观念、社会人际 Klein is the late 19th century American literary world more representative writer, his most representative novel is “street girl Maggie.” This novel focuses on the story of a girl who grew up in the slums was forced to become a street prostitute who eventually chose to commit suicide. Klein defines the environment of the novel in the slums but does not use environmental determinism to elaborate Maggie’s story. The tragic external environment can not simply be regarded as the external environment of material life. From a moral and ethical point of view, Margie’s tragic life should be accurately defined. The moral decline of the characters in the novel is the root cause of Maggie’s tragic fate. By the concept of love and ethics, social interpersonal