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Mr. Bliss is an illustrated children's story by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published posthumously in 1982. The story tells of Mr Bliss's purchase of a car, and the misadventure that follows his poor driving: he encounters several neighbours, three bears, an angry shop-owner, and his own pet the "Girabbit".

The story was likely written down in the early 1930s, is fully illustrated by Tolkien, with his own calligraphic handwriting integral to the design; it was first submitted for publication in 1936 but the cost of reproducing the artwork made it prohibitively expensive. Tolkien endeavoured to redraw it, but never got around to it; it was finally published in 1982, and in 2007 it was rescanned and republished to a higher quality.

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“'I have come,' he said. 'But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The Ring is mine!' And suddenly, as he set it on his finger, he vanished from Sam's sight.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Mount Doom"

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On Earth

1937 - Charles Furth writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
1953 - J.R.R. Tolkien gives the W.P. Ker Lecture at Glasgow University on the religious themes adultery, temptation and repentance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
1962 - Voice actor Tom Kane is born.
1979 - Actor Luke Evans is born.
1998 - Roverandom is published in the US.
2003 - The Art of The Two Towers is published.
2005 - Reconsidering Tolkien is published.
2007 - Tolkien Studies: Volume 4 is published.
2007 - The first day of The Children of Húrin Release Party is hosted by Tolkien Gateway.

In Arda

T.A. 2510:
- Battle of the Field of Celebrant:
  - The Balchoth and a great host of Orcs attack the inferior host of Gondor on the Field of Celebrant.
  - All seems lost for Gondor until the Éothéod under leadership of Eorl come to its aid.
  - Death of Borondir Udalraph.
  - Together with the Éothéod Gondor is victorious and Cirion, steward of Gondor, gives Calenardhon to Eorl which becomes the later Rohan.

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