Complex sentence: The novel traced the physical and emotional development into womanhood of a poor girl named Francie, born in 1901, the book begins when Francie is eleven years old in 1912 and ends when she is eighteen, in 1919.
Split into simpler sentences: The novel traced the physical and emotional development into womanhood of a poor girl named Francie. Born in 1901, the book begins when Francie is eleven years old in 1912 and ends when she is eighteen, in 1919.