Complex sentence: In a time when women in England were barred from seeking higher education, Dorothea's only option is to marry a man who can educate her at home, but her desire for knowledge and wisdom is frustrated by Edward Casaubon's suspicious and selfish nature.
Split into simpler sentences: In a time when women in England were barred from seeking higher education, Dorothea's only option is to marry a man who can educate her at home. But her desire for knowledge and wisdom is frustrated by Edward Casaubon's suspicious and selfish nature.