Which C.S. Lewis book uses the fictional author Orual to retell Cupid and Psyche?

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Till We Have Faces uses the fictional author Orual to retell Cupid and Psyche.

Published in 1956, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold is Lewis’s final work of fiction. Its narrator, Orual, is a queen who looks back on her life and her relationship with her half-sister Psyche. The novel reworks the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche from Orual’s point of view.

Lewis described the book as a retelling of a story that had interested him for many years. Unlike the Narnia books, it is aimed at adult readers and uses a darker psychological and philosophical style.

The title comes from the novel’s concern with identity, self-knowledge, and the inability to perceive divine reality clearly. It is sometimes confused with Lewis’s final published novel, The Last Battle, but Till We Have Faces is a separate mythic work.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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