Complex sentence: Flaubert, Gautier, Baudelaire and Swinburne were among his early favourites; and visiting his aunt and sisters in Germany during the vacations he learned German and began to read Hegel and the German philosophers.
Split into simpler sentences: Flaubert, Gautier, Baudelaire and Swinburne were among his early favourites. Visiting his aunt and sisters in Germany during the vacations he learned German and began to read Hegel and the German philosophers.