Mr. Bliss

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Mr. Bliss is a children's picture book that was written by J.R.R. Tolkien, published posthumously in 1982. It tells the story of Mr. Bliss and his first ride in his new motor-car. Many adventures follow, such as encounters with bears, angry neighbors, irate shopkeepers, and a whimsical assortment of collisions.
==About==
The story line was inspired by Tolkien's own vehicular mishaps with his first automobile. The bears were based on toy bears that were owned by Tolkien's sons. Tolkien was both author and illustrator of the book. His narrative binds the story and illustrations tightly together, as the text often comments directly on the pictures. Despite not being published during Tolkien's lifetime, he submitted the book to his publishers as a balm to readers who were hungry for more from Tolkien after the success of The Hobbit. The lavish ink and colored pencil illustrations would have made production costs prohibitively expensive so Tolkien agreed to redraw the pictures in a simpler style, although that never came to happen.
The book was eventually published in 1982, with Tolkien's difficult-to-read handwritten story and illustrations on one page, and a typeset transcription on the facing page.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Bengali 	মিঃ সুখ
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Мистър Блис
Chinese 	幸福先生
Dutch 	Meneer Blijleven
Finnish 	Herra Bliss
French 	Monsieur Merveille
Georgian 	მისტერ ბლისი
German 	Herr Glück
Hindi 	श्री. परमानंद
Hungarian 	Úr. Boldogság
Icelandic 	Herra Bliss
Korean 	블리스 씨
Marathi 	श्रीमान आनंद
Polish 	Pan Błysk
Punjabi 	ਮਿਸਟਰ ਬਲਿਸ
Romanian 	Domnul Bliss
Russian 	Мистер Блисс
Sinhalese 	මහතා සතුට
Slovak 	Pán Blaženosť
Spanish 	El señor Bliss
ru:Мистер Блисс
Category:Books
Category:Short stories
Category:Texts by J.R.R. Tolkien
Category:1982 publications
Category:Primary literature