Which C.S. Lewis book retells the story of Cupid and Psyche from a first-person human viewpoint?

Till We Have Faces retells the Cupid and Psyche myth from a first-person human viewpoint. C.S. Lewis published the novel in 1956, and he described it as a retelling of the ancient story from the perspective of Psyche’s sister.

The narrator is Orual, a fictional queen who looks back on her life and her troubled relationship with her half-sister, Psyche. The novel relocates the myth to the invented kingdom of Glome and gives the characters psychological and political depth that differs from a straightforward classical retelling. Its central concerns include love, jealousy, sacrifice, identity, and the difficulty of seeing oneself honestly.

The title comes from the novel’s recurring imagery about faces, veils, and self-knowledge. It is often regarded as one of Lewis’s most mature works of fiction and as a book distinct from his better-known Narnia stories. The narrative voice is especially significant because the myth is filtered through Orual’s interpretation rather than presented by an all-knowing storyteller.