十九世纪美国文坛涌现出以霍桑为代表的一批杰出小说家。英国文坛更是迎来了蓬勃发展的春天。查尔斯·狄更斯、梅克匹斯·萨克雷、托马斯·哈代(前期)、简·奥斯丁、勃朗特姐妹、乔治·爱略特等文学大家,为世界读者贡献了一大笔宝贵的精神财富。本文将通过对《苔丝》、《红字》、《名立场》、《简爱》等文学作品中女性形象的分析,初探19世纪英美小说中所体现的女性主义意识。 Nineteenth-century American literary world emerged with Hawthorne as the representative of a group of outstanding novelists. British literary circles ushered in the flourishing spring. Charles Dickens, Megapus Saclay, Thomas Hardy (early), Jane Austen, Bronte Sisters and George Eliot, all contributed a great deal to the world’s readers wealth. This article attempts to analyze the feminist imagery in literary works such as Tess, Scarlet Letter, Famous Stand and Jane Eyre, and to probe into the feminist consciousness embodied in British and American novels in 19th century.