Complex sentence: The title of the book is derived from a collection of short stories penned by Vida Winter entitled "Thirteen Tales of Change and Desperation"; the collection was supposed to contain a total of thirteen stories but was shortened to twelve upon its publication.
Split into simpler sentences: The title of the book is derived from a collection of short stories penned by Vida Winter entitled "Thirteen Tales of Change and Desperation". In the novel, the collection was supposed to contain a total of thirteen stories but was shortened to twelve upon its publication.