Which C.S. Lewis novel is narrated by the fictional woman Orual?

Till We Have Faces is the C.S. Lewis novel narrated by the fictional woman Orual.

Published in 1956, Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold reworks the ancient Cupid and Psyche story. Orual, the queen of Glome, tells the story from her own perspective and challenges the gods over suffering, love, jealousy, and the limits of human understanding.

The novel was Lewis’s last work of fiction. Unlike the Narnia books, it is aimed primarily at adults and uses a darker, psychologically complex setting. Lewis drew on the classical myth but changed its viewpoint, giving the older sister a central voice and making her criticism of the gods part of the novel’s moral and spiritual conflict.

Orual’s role makes the book easy to identify, but the title can be confused with Lewis’s other fictional works because it does not name her. The phrase refers to the movement from hidden or distorted identity toward truthful self-knowledge. Lewis regarded the novel as one of his strongest literary achievements.