《欢乐居》是首次奠定伊迪丝·华顿文学声誉的作品。伊迪丝·华顿通过戏剧性地再现 2 0世纪初纽约旧贵族与新兴工业社会理想的冲突 ,揭示了社会变革过程中的个人悲哀和个人牺牲 ,以及那个特定的历史时期社会对人才的浪费 ,对杰出人物的毁灭。女主人公莉莉·巴特就是特定历史时期纽约社会的牺牲品 ,而社会腐败和个人弱点两方面造成了莉莉的悲剧命运。 Happy Home is the first work to establish the reputation of Edith Wharton. Edith Wharton, by dramatically reproducing the ideal conflict between New York’s aristocrats and the newly industrialized society in the early 2000s, uncovered personal sorrow and personal sacrifices in the process of social change and the waste of talent in society in that particular historical period, Destruction of outstanding people. The heroine, Lily Butt, was the victim of New York society in a particular historical period, and Lilly’s tragedy was caused by both social corruption and personal weakness.