《老妇与猫》是多丽丝·莱辛笔下的短篇小说,故事围绕着赫蒂这个带有吉普赛人血统的老年妇女的生存困境展开。赫蒂与丈夫共同养育了四个孩子,一直住在政府修建的便宜公寓里,赫蒂的丈夫在中年时就不幸去世,留下赫蒂孤苦伶仃一人生活在世上,她靠收卖富人的旧衣服维持生计。在孩子们长大成家立业后,都过着体面的城市人生活,他们都嫌弃母亲的不体面,一直对她不闻不问,完全忽视了她的存在,使其居无定所,孤寂的死于一个寒冷的夜晚。本文从赫蒂每况愈下的生存境遇、赫蒂的孤独寂寞以及赫蒂与猫之间的同病相怜,解读莱辛在作品中所传达的人文关怀,以期引起人们的共鸣,共同关心当今社会发展中的老年化问题。 Elderly Woman and Cat is a short story by Doris Lessing. The story revolves around the survival predicament of Hetty, an elder woman with Roma descent. Heddy and her husband raised four children and lived in cheaper apartments built by the government. Heddy’s husband died in his middle age, leaving Hedi alone and living alone in the world. Old clothes for a living. As children grow up to be successful in their careers, they live a decent urban life. They all dislike their mother’s disobedience and remain indifferent to her. She completely neglects her existence and makes her a place of abode and loneliness On a cold night. This article from Hettick living conditions, Herty’s loneliness and Herty and cat sympathy, interpretation Lessing in the works of humanistic concern, with a view to arouse people’s sympathy and care for the common development of today’s elderly Problem.