Tolkien the Metafictionist

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Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Alice has a huge fandom, engaged with many, many understandings and re-interpretations. For those readers, it strikes chords deeply relevant to their lives today. It "works" in a different direction than Tolkien's influence in that it does not have a reminiscence of a primal past, but for her readers her adventures have a profound sense of significance that involves the contemplation of their lives today.

My apologies! I was using that as a personal example of a work that, as far as I was aware, did not have as devoted a following as apparently it does. No offense intended.

Do admirers of Alice debate the merits of its film adaptations? Is that any sort of barometer of how deeply a book moves its audience?