9 Of The Dreamiest Baes From Classic Literature

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From: NewNowNext

 We have all, at one point or another, fallen hard for a fictional character. We’ve flipped furiously through pages to find out if our hunky hero would end up escaping the lips of a lusty dragon. We’ve gasped as he kissed the wrong person, then quietly cheered as he kissed the right one, all the while knowing that the truest of true right ones was us, the reader, trembling at the other end.

Unlike our IRL crushes, with our literary boos, we’re given the omniscient gift of perspective, which helps us swoon not only for their actions, but for their intimate thoughts as well. Even if they treat people poorly or make bad decisions, we know that in their heart of hearts, they’re good and if not wholly good, at least beautifully complicated.

That being said, we’re bringing you some of the dreamiest baes from classic literature. Our picks run the gamut from admirably loyal to passionately reckless to ruggedly handsome to charmingly witty and everything in between. They may not be perfect, but we can’t help but love ‘em all the same.

1

Atticus Finch

To Kill a Mockingbird

Atticus Finch is the wise, kind, caring, strong, handsome daddy of our dreams. He’d make an excellent anything (father, lawyer, neighbor, pal), but we can’t help but fantasize about what a wonderful and loving life partner he’d make. Especially if he promised to dish out meaningful and thought-provoking platitudes like this:

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.