Which C.S. Lewis novel retells the Cupid and Psyche myth through the voice of Queen Orual?

Till We Have Faces retells the Cupid and Psyche myth through the voice of Queen Orual.

Published in 1956, the novel is C.S. Lewis’s final work of fiction. It reimagines the ancient myth from the perspective of Orual, a woman who becomes queen of the kingdom of Glome. Her half-sister Psyche is taken to a mysterious palace and forbidden to look upon her husband, a divine figure whom Orual interprets through jealousy, fear, and incomplete knowledge.

The book differs from Lewis’s children’s fantasy and from the overtly philosophical structure of some of his Christian writings. Its setting draws on the ancient world, while its themes include love, possessiveness, self-deception, suffering, and the difficulty of seeing oneself honestly.

The title comes from the novel’s concern with identity and the “faces” people present to one another and to the gods. Lewis regarded it as one of his most mature and personally satisfying fictional works, although it was less immediately popular than the Narnia books.