any french/spanish speaking poe fans?

[mister_noel_y2k]

i need to know what a "roquelaire" is. it's in the story "the cask of amontillado" by poe and i'm writing an essay about it and i was wondering if it was in any way relevant to the story. from what i gather it's a cloak but i just want to be sure so thanks to anyone who helps me on that one in advance!

:banana:

[mono]

Also spelled 'roquelaure,' it refers to a knee-length cloak popularly worn in the 18th and 19th centuries, orginating from the Duc de Roquelaure, a French Marshall.

[ldarkangel]

i'm not french but i'm a big fan of Poe!

[Scheherazade]

Dictionary.com agrees with mono :)

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=roquelaure

[mister_noel_y2k]

merci mono! tre bien!

:banana:

[Shea]

I once found a french version of "Annabel Lee". It wasn't quite the same.

[mono]

I once found a french version of "Annabel Lee". It wasn't quite the same.
I have read a few poor translations of stories and poems too, including a few poems by Walt Whitman that just . . . well, did not read the same.
I feel that many poems in their original French, such as works by Arthur Rimbaud, for one, read beautifully.