《欢乐之家》是美国著名女作家伊迪丝·沃顿的成名作。作品以纽约上流社会没落贵族小姐丽莉·巴特为主人公,讲述了她在家庭破产父母双亡以后,想要依靠婚姻获取在欢乐之家的一席之地,而最终失败走向死亡的悲剧故事。本文从三个不同的角度通过分析莉莉·巴特从一个富家女一步一步走向生活最底层的悲剧原因,揭示出美国上流社会的庸俗与虚伪。 “Happy House” is a famous American writer Edith Wharton’s famous work. The work is based on Lilian Bart, the decadent aristocrat in New York, about her tragedy of losing her place of delight in marriage after her bankrupt parents. By analyzing the tragic reasons why Lily Barthes went step by step from a wealthy girl to the bottom of her life from three different perspectives, this article reveals the vulgarity and hypocrisy of American upper class.