伊迪丝·华顿(Edith Wharton,1862-1937)是美国19世纪末20纪初重要的小说家,同时也是在一个批评界多次引起争论的作家。华顿笔下的女性形象鲜明生动,体现了19世纪末20世纪初美国“老纽约”上流社会的风貌。文学界多把华顿笔下《欢乐之家》中女主人公的悲惨遭际归结于父权制度和进化论。本文试从自然主义理论角度出发,用决定论及社会环境 Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an important novelist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States, and was also a writer who repeatedly caused controversy in a critical field. The image of women in Wharton’s writing is vivid and vivid, reflecting the style of the upper class society in the United States and “Old New York” from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Literary circles mostly attribute the tragedy of the heroine in “Joy House” written by Walton to the theory of patriarchy and evolution. This article tries from the perspective of naturalism theory, using determinism and social environment