Felix

A member of the poor cottager family, son of the old blind father and brother to Agatha, secretly observed by the Creature; he labored constantly outdoors (collecting wood, farming, gardening, working for a neighbor) and seemed the saddest of the group, appearing to have suffered more deeply than the others. He was astonished to find wood mysteriously left by the Creature and spent that day instead repairing the cottage and tending the garden, and was otherwise seen bringing his sister the first spring flower, clearing her path of snow, fetching water and wood, and reading aloud to his father and Agatha.

A member of the poor cottager family, son of the old blind father and brother to Agatha, secretly observed by the Creature; he labored constantly outdoors and seemed the saddest of the group, was astonished to find wood mysteriously left by the Creature, and was otherwise seen bringing his sister flowers, clearing snow, fetching water and wood, and reading aloud to his family. This chapter, his deep melancholy vanished with the arrival of the veiled stranger Safie, whom he greeted rapturously, called his 'sweet Arabian,' and helped into the cottage; he later talked with his father late into the night about her, and taught her language, letters, and history using Volney's Ruins of Empires, explaining human society's divisions of property, wealth, rank, and descent — lessons the hidden Creature also absorbed.

Son of De Lacey and brother of Agatha, part of an impoverished cottager family in Germany secretly observed by the Creature; formerly of an affluent Parisian family, he had vowed at the trial of Safie's father (a condemned Turkish merchant) to free him, communicated with him through a grated window, and organized his escape using forged passports, refusing all reward except being moved by Safie's gratitude. He conducted the fugitives to Leghorn, where he expected to marry Safie, but on learning his father and sister had been imprisoned in Paris for aiding the escape, he surrendered himself to the law, failed to free them, and the family was stripped of its fortune and exiled to Germany; he later learned the Turk had treacherously abandoned him and Safie, adding to his misery. In the cottage he labored constantly, seemed the saddest of the family until Safie's unexpected arrival dispelled his melancholy, and he taught her language and history via Volney's Ruins of Empires, lessons the hidden Creature also absorbed.

Son of De Lacey and brother of Agatha, part of an impoverished cottager family in Germany secretly observed by the Creature; formerly affluent in Paris, he had freed Safie's condemned father, fell for Safie, but was ruined and exiled after his family was imprisoned for aiding the escape, later learning the Turk had betrayed him. In this chapter he departed with Safie and Agatha on a long walk, leaving his blind father alone with the Creature, and upon returning and finding the Creature clutching De Lacey, he tore the Creature away with supernatural force, dashed him to the ground, and beat him violently with a stick, driving him off.

Son of De Lacey and brother of Agatha, formerly affluent in Paris until his plot to free Safie's father led to his family's ruin and exile; after returning from a walk to find the Creature clutching his blind father, he violently tore the Creature away, beat him off with a stick, and—trembling—told a companion the family could never return to the cottage because his father's life was endangered and his wife and sister were too horrified to recover, leading the family to depart for good (after which the Creature burned the cottage down).