Virginia Woolf described this process as follows: "I dig beautiful caves behind my characters". ... But it results that Clarissa´s main reason for not marrying Peter was her need for space, the maintenance of her intimacy whereas Peter demanded from her to share everything with him. Richard on the contrary, allows her to have space and independence in their marriage. ...

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