C.S. Lewis published Till We Have Faces in 1956.
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold was Lewis’s final novel. It reworks the ancient myth of Cupid and Psyche, presenting the story through the voice of Orual, a princess and queen. The novel appeared in 1956 and is often regarded as one of Lewis’s most psychologically complex works.
Lewis developed the book with help from his experience as a classical and medieval scholar. Unlike the Narnia books, it is aimed at adult readers and uses a darker, more introspective narrative. Its concerns include love, jealousy, spiritual blindness, and the difficulty of speaking honestly before the gods.
Readers sometimes confuse its date with Lewis’s better-known 1950 fantasy novel, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The two books belong to very different literary modes: one retells classical mythology, while the other begins a children’s fantasy series.