《欢乐之家》是美国著名女作家伊迪斯.华顿的成名作,其中所表现出的自然主义与同时代的作家有很大的不同。华顿的注意力主要在行为规范和信仰方面,她对社会环境决定论的处理是非常独特的。通过对小说中人物角色的分析,对这部作品进行一番解读为我们进一步分析和阐释华顿的这部作品提供了一个有效而又可行的途径。 The House of Joy is a famous masterpiece by Edith Wharton, a famous American woman writer. His naturalism shows great differences from contemporary writers. Watton’s attention is mainly in terms of norms and beliefs, her treatment of social determinism is very unique. An analysis of this work through an analysis of the characters in the novel provides an effective and feasible way for us to further analyze and explain Wharton’s work.