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Name: Troilus and Cressida
Rating: 3 (4 reviews)
Author: William Shakespeare

📘 Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare

This Pelican Shakespeare edition of *Troilus and Cressida* offers an authoritative, reliable text accompanied by extensive notes and introductions tailored to students, professors, and casual readers. The volume features a readable trade trim size and essays on Shakespeare’s life, the play’s theatrical context, and the broader historical backdrop of the Trojan War.

First publish date: 1714

Genre: Drama & Plays/Drama

Authors: William Shakespeare

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