This series is heavily influenced by Christian thinking and was inspired by his friendship and association with fellow writers J.R.R. He is better known for his adult science fiction trilogy: 'Out of a Silent Planet', 'Perelandra', and 'That Hideous Strength'. His strong religious background influenced such books as 'The Problem of Pain' and 'The Screwtape Letters'. He was a fellow of Magdalen College, a prestigious College at Oxford University. Lewis (1898-1963) was a British literary scholar and novelist.

In the second part of the book, the narrator undergoes a change of mindset and understands that her initial accusation was tainted by her own failings and shortcomings, and that the gods are lovingly present in humans' lives. The story is set in the fictive kingdom of Glome, a primitive city-state whose people have occasional contact with civilized Hellenistic Greece. The first part of the book is written from the perspective of Psyche's older sister Orual, as an accusation against the gods.

As a consequence, his retelling of the story is characterized by a highly developed character, the narrator, with the reader being drawn into her reasoning and her emotions. This story had haunted Lewis all his life, because he realized that some of the main characters' actions were illogical. They Asked for a Paper: Papers and AddressesĪ retelling of Cupid and Psyche, based on its telling in a chapter of The Golden Ass of Apuleius.

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis