Aloysius (teddy bear)

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Aloysius is Lord Sebastian Flyte's teddy bear in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, published in 1945.

Aloysius is with Sebastian as he gets a "haircut" the first time the novel's protagonist, Charles Ryder, sees Sebastian at Oxford University. Later in the novel, Sebastian wonders whether he should take Aloysius to Venice with him: "I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don't want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits" (Chapter 3). Sebastian describes his time spent at Brideshead with Charles in Chapter 4: "If it could only be like this always – always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe, and Aloysius in a good temper...".

The model for Aloysius was Archibald Ormsby-Gore, the beloved teddy bear of John Betjeman, Waugh's friend at Oxford. The bear is most likely named after the Catholic saint Aloysius Gonzaga – the patron saint of youth.^[1]

Aloysius, and in particular his representation in the 1981 television adaptation of the novel, is credited with having triggered the late-20th century teddy bear renaissance.^[2] He was depicted by a teddy bear named Delicatessen, owned by the actor Peter Bull.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "The saint who must have inspired the Brideshead teddy bear". Catholic Herald. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
^ "The Teddy Bear Museum, Stratford-upon-Avon: Famous Bears". May 2004. Archived from the original on 10 May 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2006.
^ Maniera, Leyla (2003). Christie's Century of Teddy Bears. United Kingdom: Pavilion Books. p. 152. ISBN 9781862055957.
^ "Aloysius". Let's Talk Teddy Bears. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

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Bibliography
Novels	Decline and Fall (1928) Vile Bodies (1930) Black Mischief (1932) A Handful of Dust (1934) Scoop (1938) Put Out More Flags (1942) Brideshead Revisited (1945) Scott-King's Modern Europe (1947) The Loved One (1948) Helena (1950) Love Among the Ruins. A Romance of the Near Future (1953) Sword of Honour Men at Arms (1952) Officers and Gentlemen (1955) Unconditional Surrender (1961) The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold (1957)
Other books	Robbery Under Law (1939) When the Going Was Good (1946) A Tourist in Africa (1960) A Little Learning (1964) The Temple at Thatch (unpublished)
Adaptations	The Loved One (film, 1965) Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (film, 1968) Brideshead Revisited (TV, 1981) Scoop (TV movie, 1987) A Handful of Dust (film, 1988) Sword of Honour (TV film, 2001) Bright Young Things (film, 2003) Brideshead Revisited (film, 2008) Decline and Fall (TV, 2017)
Related	Evelyn Gardner (first wife) Auberon Waugh (son) Alexander Waugh (grandson) Daisy Waugh (granddaughter) Arthur Waugh (father) Alec Waugh (brother) Piers Court (house) Combe Florey House (house)
Characters	William Boot (Scoop) Mrs. Stitch (Scoop) Aloysius (teddy bear) (Brideshead Revisited)

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