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{{Infobox book
| title = Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
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| author = C. S. Lewis
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| elevator pitch = "[A] retelling of Cupid and Psyche" ''(Wikipedia)''
| genre = Mythology
| publication date = 1956
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{{quote|''"Are the gods not just?"''
''"Oh no, child. What would become of us if they were?"'' }}
''Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold'' is [[C. S.
It is presented as the record—and the formal complaint against the gods—of Orual, daughter of the King of Glome, a pagan kingdom to the north of ancient Greece. Her father, hot-tempered and prone to violence, has little love for his three daughters, least of all for ugly Orual. Her only friends in the palace are her beautiful half-sister Istra and her tutor, a Greek slave who she only knows as "the Fox".
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* [[Abusive Parent]]: The King, particularly to Orual. He has no problem calling her ugly to her face and beats her several times.
* [[All Take and No Give]]: Orual is the Giver.
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* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Istra's mother died in childbirth, and their father does not care for any of his daughters, so Orual comes to see herself as Istra's mother.
* [[Self-Serving Memory]]: Pretty much the entire first part of the book.
* [[Smite Me,
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Orual and the married Bardia.
* [[Title Drop]]: "How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?"
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