Skip over navigation   The Coolest Dads in Literature  The
Coolest Dads in Literature  By Elodie  With Father's Day coming
up on Sunday, we thought it'd be a perfect time to take a break
from the frantic purchasing of mugs and Home Depot gift cards in
order to honor some of the great literary dads of our time. Why?
Well, they're not going to honor themselves now, are they?
They're too cool and humble and all-around amazing for that. So
the deed falls on us to celebrate some of the best book dads,
like...  Mr. Bennet from Pride and Prejudice—He may not have
been the most responsible legal guardian in the whole world, but
he did have that one glorious line where he trolled Mrs.
Bennet: "An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From
this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your
mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins,
and I will never see you again if you do." This triggered me
shouting "SCHOOLED" gleefully and then high-fiving everyone in
the vicinity, the vicinity