Which C.S. Lewis book is a retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth?

Till We Have Faces is C.S. Lewis’s retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth.

Published in 1956, the novel reimagines the classical story from the viewpoint of Orual, rather than focusing primarily on Psyche or Cupid. Its subtitle, A Myth Retold, directly signals Lewis’s method: he preserves the mythic structure while giving it a new setting, voice, and psychological emphasis.

The novel explores possessive love, resentment, spiritual transformation, and the human desire to make accusations against the divine. Lewis considered it an important achievement, and many critics regard it as his most mature novel for adults.

It is distinct from Perelandra, which belongs to Lewis’s Space Trilogy and uses a different blend of planetary adventure and Christian symbolism. The Great Divorce is also not a myth retelling in this sense; it is an allegorical fantasy about a journey between heaven and hell.