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In her 1929 essay 'A Room of One's Own,' Virginia Woolf argues that a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. This requirement is not merely about physical space; the money and the lock on the door together purchase a kind of ______, insulating the writer from the social and financial pressures that historically stifled female creativity. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

1. autonomy
2. escape
3. seclusion
4. wealth

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