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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956) [Novel]
by C. S. Lewis Rating: Weighted - 8.4 / Average - 8.4 of 10 (16 votes) (Rate!)
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Summary :

This timeless tale of two princesses - one beautiful and one unattractive - and of the struggle between sacred and profane love is C.S. Lewis's reworking of the classical myth of Cupid and Psyche and one of his most enduring pieces of fiction.

Original title: Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
Original languages: English

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Genre: Mythology→ Retellings→ Greek & Roman
Mythology→ Reinterpretations

Edition #1: Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956)

Edition Details:

Language: English

Blurbs:

"The most significant and triumphant work that Lewis has yet produced." New York Herald Tribune
"In Mr. Lewis's sensitive hands the ancient myth retains its fascination while being endowed with new meanings, new depths, new terrors." Saturday Review
"By successfully bringing diverse elements into imaginative unity, Till We Have Faces exerts, far beyond most novels, that combination of awfulness, wonder and attraction which is what the word 'fascination', in its Latin form, really meant." New York Times

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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (c.1966)

Format: Paperback
Place of publication: New York
Publisher: Time-Life Books
Dimensions: 5 1/4 x 8 x 3/4 in
Pages: 275
Notes (From the publisher): With a new introduction by T. S. Matthews

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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold (1956)

ISBN: 0156904365

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