姐妹情谊(sisterhood)是女性主义批评的一个重要概念,本文以有着“女性主义的先知”之称的美国女作家伊迪丝·华顿(Edith Wharton)的代表作《欢乐之家》为例,通过分析小说女主人公丽莉·巴特的命运及她与同性之间的关系,揭示男权社会中女性对男性的依附,她们由此而生的相互竞争和伤害,以及华顿对这种现象的痛心疾首直至对“姐妹情谊”的深情呼唤。 Sisterhood is an important concept of feminist criticism. In this article, we take “Happy House” as the representative of American woman writer Edith Wharton who is called “the Prophet of Feminism” By analyzing the fate of the novel’s heroine Lily Barthes and her relationship with same-sexes, it reveals the dependence of women on men in patriarchal society, their mutual competition and injury, and Wharton’s observation of this phenomenon Heartbreak until the “Sisterhood ” affectionate call.