Complex sentence: With the death of his mother in 1911, he returned to his hometown and engaged in the management of family owned timber forests and farms, but he had not wholeheartedly abandoned literature, and loathed his livelihood.
Split into simpler sentences: With the death of his mother in 1911, he again returned to his hometown to engage in the management of the family-owned timber forests and farms. He had not wholeheartedly abandoned literature, and loathed his livelihood.