Complex sentence: In his own lifetime Black's novels were immensely popular and widely read, and were compared favourably with those of Anthony Trollope, though some critics complained that his writings bared too much his interest in hunting and fishing Reid, 259.
Split into simpler sentences: In his own lifetime Black's novels were immensely popular and widely read, and were compared favourably with those of Anthony Trollope. Some critics complained that his writings bared too much his interest in hunting and fishing Reid, 259.