康拉德的代表作之一《诺斯托罗莫》规模宏大、结构复杂、人物众多,被他称为自己“最大的一张画布”。但是,该小说却没有引起国内学术界的重视,小说中活跃着美国资本家、欧洲殖民者与当地土著居民等众多形形色色的人物。本文从分析小说人物入手,揭示康拉德在小说中对近代帝国境况的描述,并论述其对帝国的复杂态度。 One of Conrad’s masterpieces, “Nostromo”, is a large, complex and numerous figure known to himself as “one of the largest canvas.” However, the novel has not drawn much attention from the domestic academic circles. The novel is full of many kinds of characters such as American capitalists, European settlers and local indigenous people. This article starts with the analysis of the characters in the novels and reveals Conrad’s description of the situation of modern empires in his novels and his complicated attitude toward the empire.