What is the name of C.S. Lewis’s fantasy novel published in 1956?

C.S. Lewis’s fantasy novel published in 1956 is Till We Have Faces.

The novel retells the myth of Cupid and Psyche from the viewpoint of Orual, a princess in the fictional kingdom of Glome. Instead of presenting Psyche’s story through a distant classical narrator, Lewis gives the central voice to a troubled sister who struggles with love, jealousy, accusation, and self-knowledge.

Lewis described the book as a retelling of the Cupid and Psyche story, but it is not one of the seven Chronicles of Narnia. Its setting, psychological intensity, and adult perspective distinguish it from his children’s fantasy series.

The title comes from the novel’s concern with identity and honest self-understanding. Readers sometimes mistake it for a Narnia title because both books use mythic imagery, but Till We Have Faces is a separate work with a classical rather than Narnian framework.