Glome is the fictional country ruled by Queen Orual in C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces. Published in 1956, the novel retells the myth of Cupid and Psyche through the viewpoint of Orual, Psyche’s older sister.
Orual becomes queen after the death of her father, the King of Glome. The story is set in a pagan kingdom influenced by the ancient world, but it is not one of the Narnian countries. Its atmosphere is darker and more psychologically focused than the children’s fantasy for which Lewis is best known.
The title comes from the novel’s concern with identity, self-knowledge, love, and the human tendency to hide behind emotional or moral disguises. Orual’s narration gradually exposes how her possessiveness and grief have shaped her understanding of events.
Readers sometimes confuse Glome with Calormen or Archenland, which are countries in The Chronicles of Narnia. Glome belongs specifically to Till We Have Faces and is central to the novel’s reworking of a classical myth.