Complex sentence: There is no element of burlesque, as in Scarron's "Roman comique", but the author contents himself with stringing together a number of episodes and portraits, obviously drawn from life, without much attempt at sequence.
Split into simpler sentences: There is no element of burlesque, as in Scarron's "Roman comique". The author contents himself with stringing together a number of episodes and portraits, obviously drawn from life, without much attempt at sequence.