Which C.S. Lewis novel was published in 1956 and based partly on the Cupid and Psyche myth?

Till We Have Faces was the C.S. Lewis novel published in 1956 and based partly on the Cupid and Psyche myth. Its subtitle is A Myth Retold, signaling Lewis’s deliberate engagement with the ancient story.

The novel is narrated primarily by Orual, a queen in the fictional kingdom of Glome. Lewis retells the myth from a psychologically complex first-person perspective, exploring jealousy, possessiveness, divine silence, and the difficulty of seeing oneself clearly. The title refers to the movement from distorted self-understanding toward honest self-knowledge.

The book is not part of the Chronicles of Narnia or the Space Trilogy. It was Lewis’s final completed work of fiction for adults and is often regarded as one of his most sophisticated novels. The ancient source is associated especially with Apuleius’s Cupid and Psyche narrative in The Golden Ass, though Lewis substantially reshaped the material.