Complex sentence: Published in 1953 by Bowes & Bowes of Cambridge, it was Murdoch's first book and the first book about Jean-Paul Sartre's work to be published in English.
Split into simpler sentences: Published in 1953 by Bowes & Bowes of Cambridge, it was Murdoch's first book. It was the first book about Jean-Paul Sartre's work to be published in English.