John George Lidwell

John George LidwellDublin solicitor born in Fermanagh and a friend of JJ's father. JJ sought his advice in the summer of 1912 after George Roberts of Maunsel & Co. refused to issue Dubliners without cuts. JJ's letters to Lidwell do not survive. Lidwell had offices at 33 Upper Ormond Quay, a stone's throw from the Ormond Hotel fictionalized in the "˜Sirens' episode of Ulysses and in which the solicitor features. JJ learned of his death in August 1919 from a Freeman's Journal clipping, which he enclosed to Harriet Shaw Weaver as proof of the prophetic power of Ulysses. A few weeks earlier, JJ had told her that "˜[a]s soon as I mention or include any person in it I hear of his or her death or departure or misfortune'. Robert Spoo and Ronan Crowley

约翰·乔治·利德韦尔（John George Lidwell）系都柏林执业律师，生于弗马纳郡，为詹姆斯·乔伊斯（James Joyce，即文中简称“JJ”）之父的友人。1912年夏，当莫恩塞尔公司（Maunsel & Co.）的乔治·罗伯茨拒绝在不删减内容的前提下出版《都柏林人》（Dubliners）时，乔伊斯曾向其咨询法律意见。乔伊斯致利德韦尔的书信均未留存于世。利德韦尔的办公地址位于奥蒙德码头上段33号，此处距离《尤利西斯》（Ulysses）“塞壬”章节的虚构场景奥蒙德酒店仅一箭之遥，该律师亦曾在该酒店相关情节中登场。1919年8月，乔伊斯通过《自由人报》（Freeman's Journal）的剪报获悉利德韦尔的死讯，并将该剪报寄赠哈丽特·肖·韦弗（Harriet Shaw Weaver），以此佐证《尤利西斯》的预言性力量。就在数周之前，乔伊斯曾对她言道：“但凡我在作品中提及或纳入某个人物，便会听闻其离世、离去或遭遇不幸的消息。” 本条目由罗伯特·斯普（Robert Spoo）与罗南·克劳利（Ronan Crowley）撰写。