AbstractEver since the publication of Radclyffe Hall'sThe Well of Lonelinessin 1928, social scientists have speculated on its autobiographical aspects. The thesis of this article is that Hall adapted her characterizations and storyline from the work of Richard Von Krafft‐Ebing. The uncanny similarity between Stephen Gordon and Count Sandor in terms of their physical attributes, their personal histories, and the sequence of events could hardly be coincidental.