What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1956 mythological novel retelling the Cupid and Psyche story?

Till We Have Faces was C.S. Lewis’s 1956 mythological novel retelling the Cupid and Psyche story.

Published in 1956, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold is Lewis’s final novel. It reworks the ancient Cupid and Psyche myth from the viewpoint of Psyche’s older sister, here named Orual. The story is set in the fictional kingdom of Glome and explores jealousy, religious doubt, love, accusation, and self-knowledge.

The novel differs markedly in tone from the children’s Narnia books. It uses a first-person narrative and presents its mythological material through a psychologically complex adult perspective. Lewis considered it one of his best works, although it was less commercially successful than some of his earlier books.

Readers may confuse it with The Pilgrim’s Regress, Lewis’s first published novel, or That Hideous Strength, the final volume of his space trilogy. Neither of those books is a retelling of the Cupid and Psyche story.