Which C.S. Lewis novel centers on the queen Orual?

Till We Have Faces centers on the queen Orual.

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold is C.S. Lewis’s 1956 novel, narrated primarily by Orual, a ruler of the fictional kingdom of Glome. The story reworks the ancient myth of Cupid and Psyche from a darker and more psychologically complex perspective.

Orual is not a character from the Narnia books or the Space Trilogy. She is Lewis’s reinterpretation of a mythic figure who struggles with jealousy, grief, love, and the limits of human understanding. The novel’s first-person form makes Orual’s account central to the reader’s interpretation.

The title refers to the movement from hiddenness and self-deception toward a clearer identity. Lewis regarded the book as one of his most mature works, and its mythological setting distinguishes it from his explicitly theological nonfiction.