Which C.S. Lewis novel was published in 1956 as his retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth?

C.S. Lewis’s 1956 retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth is Till We Have Faces.

The novel retells the ancient story through the voice of Orual, a princess and later queen of the fictional kingdom of Glome. Rather than presenting Psyche’s story from an outside narrator’s viewpoint, Lewis explores jealousy, love, accusation, and the difficulty of seeing another person clearly.

The title comes from the novel’s concern with identity and self-knowledge. Lewis regarded Till We Have Faces as one of his best works, although it was less immediately popular than the Narnia books. It was published near the end of his Oxford period, before his move to Cambridge in 1954 had fully receded from his professional biography.

Readers sometimes confuse this book with The Pilgrim’s Regress or The Great Divorce, which are also allegorical or theological fiction. Till We Have Faces is specifically Lewis’s imaginative engagement with the classical Cupid and Psyche narrative.