Which C.S. Lewis book is a retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth from a human sister’s viewpoint?

Till We Have Faces is C.S. Lewis’s retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth from a human sister’s viewpoint.

Published in 1956, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold is narrated mainly by Orual, the eldest princess of the fictional kingdom of Glome. The novel reworks the ancient story associated with Cupid and Psyche, but it does not simply reproduce the classical myth. Lewis gives the older sister a central voice and explores jealousy, love, accusation, and the difficulty of seeing oneself honestly.

The title comes from the book’s concern with identity and self-knowledge. Orual’s narration develops as a personal and intellectual reckoning rather than as a straightforward adventure. The setting and names draw on mythic and ancient-world material while remaining Lewis’s own literary construction.

The work is sometimes mistaken for one of Lewis’s explicitly Christian apologetic books. It is instead a mythic novel, though religious and philosophical questions are woven deeply into its plot and symbolism.