一、引言就像小说的题目一样,《一个迷途的女人》通过对一位妇女堕落描写,进一步反映了以艾维皮特斯为首的商业资本家逐渐取代以福瑞斯特先生为代表的西部早期拓荒者,成为社会中坚力量这一历史性转变。小说表现了现代物质文明影响下早期拓荒者的衰败,也体现了作者对西部乃至整个美国越来越物质化、金钱化的不满,被评论家认为是拓荒时代的挽歌。本文将从阶级观念,价值观念和福瑞斯特夫人迷失过程三个方面诠释薇拉凯瑟对主人公的刻画。二、阶级意识 I. INTRODUCTION Like the title of the novel, “A Lost Woman” depict depraved a woman by further reflecting that the commercial capitalists headed by Iverson Peterson gradually replaced the early pioneers of the West represented by Mr. Forrester Who have become the backbone of society, a historic shift. The novel shows the decline of early pioneers under the influence of modern material civilization. It also reflects the author’s increasingly materialized and monetary dissatisfaction with the west and even with the entire United States. It is regarded by critics as the elegy in the Pioneer Era. This article will explain Vera Kaiser’s portrayal of the protagonist from three aspects: the class concept, the values ​​and the lost process of Mrs. Forrester. Second, the class consciousness