Which C.S. Lewis book presents a retelling of Cupid and Psyche from Orual’s viewpoint?

Till We Have Faces presents C.S. Lewis’s retelling of Cupid and Psyche from Orual’s viewpoint.

Published in 1956, the novel is narrated by Orual, a princess in the fictional kingdom of Glome. Its first part reworks the ancient myth of Cupid and Psyche, while its second part turns toward judgment, self-knowledge, and the possibility of seeing truth clearly. Lewis described it as his own retelling of the myth, but the narrative gives unusual importance to Psyche’s sister.

The title comes from the novel’s concern with identity and the masks people present to one another. Lewis regarded the book as one of his best works, although it was less commercially successful than his Narnia stories or popular apologetic books.

Readers sometimes assume that Lewis’s classical retelling follows the myth from Psyche’s perspective. In fact, Orual is the central narrator, making the novel a distinctive psychological interpretation rather than a straightforward reproduction of Apuleius’s story.