Complex sentence: The book is a social novel, dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy, this is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a'fallen woman', a type of person normally outcast from respectable society.
Split into simpler sentences: The book is a social novel, dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy. It is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a'fallen woman', a type of person normally outcast from respectable society.