Which C.S. Lewis novel was adapted from the myth of Cupid and Psyche?

Till We Have Faces is the C.S. Lewis novel adapted from the myth of Cupid and Psyche.

Published in 1956, the novel retells the ancient story through the voice of Orual, a ruler whose understanding of love, religion, and responsibility changes across her life. Lewis based the work especially on the Cupid and Psyche narrative preserved by the Roman writer Apuleius.

The novel is not a direct retelling in a simple fairy-tale style. Lewis changes the setting, develops the characters’ inner lives, and places the myth inside a larger meditation on possessive love and self-knowledge. The result is one of his most demanding fictional works.

Readers sometimes identify a Narnia book when asked about Lewis’s mythological retellings, but Till We Have Faces is separate from Narnia and was written for an adult audience.