Which C.S. Lewis novel is set partly in the fictional country of Glome?

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Till We Have Faces is the C.S. Lewis novel set partly in the fictional country of Glome. Published in 1956, it was Lewis’s final completed novel and a retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth.

The story is narrated by Orual, a queen of Glome. Through her perspective, the novel explores love, jealousy, religious devotion, self-knowledge, and the difficulty of seeing other people clearly. The setting is deliberately presented as an ancient kingdom rather than Lewis’s modern Britain or the fantasy world of Narnia.

Lewis considered Till We Have Faces one of his best works. Its title comes from a line associated with the myth’s theme of identity and recognition. The novel is sometimes grouped with his Christian fiction, although its classical source and psychological focus distinguish it from his explicitly apologetic books.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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