哈代的威塞克斯小说是英国宗法制农村社会衰亡的一曲挽歌 ,其情调经历了曲折的演变过程 :欢快———忧郁———悲凉。这种情调的演变既饱含着他的乡土情结 ,又是他宗教情感和哲学思想变化发展的结果 ,同时 ,也与当时的社会变迁密切相关。 Hardy’s Wessex novels is a dilemma song of the decline of the rural society in the patriarchal clan system in England. His mood has undergone twists and turns: joyfulness-melancholy-sadness. The evolution of this mood is full of both his native feelings and the result of the changes in his religious sentiments and philosophical thoughts. At the same time, it is also closely related to the social changes at that time.