A Long-expected Party (chapter)

A Long-expected Party is the first chapter of Book One of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.
Its title hearkens to the first of The Hobbit, "An Unexpected Party".
== Plot ==
Gandalf arrives in the Shire for Bilbo's Farewell Birthday Party. Bilbo leaves the Shire permanently, willing Bag End and the One Ring to his nephew Frodo Baggins.
== Synopsis ==
Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announces that he will be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party which greatly excites the Hobbits of Hobbiton. Bilbo is rich and described as very peculiar, and had been a wonder in the Shire for his disappearance and unexpected return. The riches in which he brought along with him is regarded as a local legend and it is believed that the tunnels of Bag End are full of treasures.
Bilbo had no close friends, not until his cousins show up. His favorite among them being Frodo. Bilbo was ninety-nine years old when he adopted Frodo as his heir and brought him to live in Bag End. They coincidentally shared the same birthday, September 22nd, and thus they usually celebrated their birthdays together.
== Appearances ==
==Translations==
Foreign language 	Translated title
Afrikaans 	'N Lang verwagte partytjie
Albanian 	Partia e gjatë e pritshme
Amharic 	ለረዥም ጊዜ የሚጠበቀው ፓርቲ
Arabic 	الطرف الذي طال توقعه
Armenian 	Երկար սպասված կուսակցություն
Azerbaijani 	Uzun müddət gözlənilən bir partiya
Basque 	Luzea espero den alderdia
Belarusian Cyrillic	Доўгачаканы прыём
Bengali 	একটি দীর্ঘ প্রত্যাশিত পার্টি
Bosnian 	Dugo Očekivana zabava
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Дълго очаквана партия
Cambodian 	ជាគណបក្សដែលគេរំពឹងទុកយូរ
Catalan 	Una festa molt Esperada
Croatian 	Dugo očekivana zabava
Czech 	Dlouho očekávaná strana
Danish 	En længe ventet fest
Dutch 	Een langverwacht feest
Estonian 	Pikk oodatud partei
Finnish 	Odotettu juhla
French 	Une réception depuis longtemps attendue
Galician 	Unha festa moi esperada
Georgian 	დიდხანს მოსალოდნელი პარტია
German 	Ein lang erwartetes Fest
Greek 	Ένα μακρύ αναμενόμενο συμβαλλόμενο μέρος
Gujarati 	એક લાંબા-અપેક્ષિત પાર્ટી
Haitian Creole 	Yon pati depi lontan-espere
Hindi 	एक लंबे समय से अपेक्षित पार्टी
Hungarian 	Egy rég várt ünnepély
Icelandic 	A Langur-búist Aðila
Indonesian 	Pesta lama diharapkan
Irish Gaelic 	Páirtí ag súil le fada
Italian 	Una festa a lungo attesa
Japanese 	長い間予想されるパーティー
Kannada 	ದೀರ್ಘ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತ ಪಕ್ಷ
Kazakh 	Ұзақ күткен партия (Cyrillic) Uzaq kütken partïya (Latin)
Korean 	오래 기대되는 당
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Узак күтүлүүдө партиясы
Laotian 	ພັກຍາວຄາດຫວັງ
Latvian 	Ilgi gaidīts Puse
Lithuanian 	Ilgai lauktas šalis
Macedonian Cyrillic	Долго очекувана партија
Malagasy 	Ny Fety nandrasana hatry ny ela
Malaysian 	Parti yang Dinanti-nantikan
Maltese 	Parti li ilha mistennija
Marathi 	एक लांब-अपेक्षित पक्ष
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Урт хүлээгдэж буй нам
Nepalese 	लामो-अपेक्षित पार्टी
Norwegian 	En Lenge ventet parti
Persian 	حزب طولانی انتظار می رود
Polish 	Zabawa z dawna oczekiwana
Portuguese 	Uma Festa Muito Esperada
Punjabi 	ਇੱਕ ਲੰਮੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਦੀ ਉਮੀਦ ਵਾਲੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ
Russian 	Долгожданные вечеринка
Samoan 	Se pati umi-faamoemoeina
Sesotho 	Mokete o telele-o lebeletsoeng
Scottish Gaelic 	Pàrtaidh fada-dùil
Serbian 	Дуго Очекивана забава (Cyrillic) Dugo Očekivana zabava (Latin)
Sindhi 	هڪ ڊگهو توقع وارو پارٽي
Sinhalese 	දිගු කලක් අපේක්ෂිත පක්ෂයක්
Slovak 	Dlho očakávaná oslava
Slovenian 	Dolgo pričakovanega stranka
Somalian 	Dabaaldegga dheer ee la sugayay
Spanish 	Una fiesta largamente esperada
Swedish 	En Lång förväntad part
Tajik Cyrillic 	дароз чашмдошт ҷашн
Tamil 	நீண்ட எதிர்பார்க்கப்பட்ட கட்சி
Telugu 	దీర్ఘ-ఆశించిన పార్టీ
Thai 	พรรคที่คาดหวังมานาน
Turkish 	Uzun zamandır beklenen parti
Turkmen 	Köpden bäri garaşylýan kabul edişlik
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Довгоочікуване святкування
Urdu 	ایک طویل عرصے سے متوقع پارٹی
Vietnamese 	Bữa tiệc được chờ đợi từ lâu
Welsh 	Parti hir-ddisgwyliedig
Yiddish 	א לאנג-דערוואַרט פארטיי
fr:Une réception depuis longtemps attendue (Chapitre)
it:Una festa a lungo attesa
nl:Een langverwacht feest
pl:Zabawa z dawna oczekiwana
uk:Розділ I, Довгоочікувана гостина
Category:The Lord of the Rings chapters