Complex sentence: See Zilberman 141 In his first novels, characterized by to some extent by sentimentality, Machado de Assis maintained affinities with the Romantic school, however, by the 1880s he was an advocate of Brazilian Realism.
Split into simpler sentences: See Zilberman 141 In his first novels, characterized to some extent by sentimentality, Machado de Assis maintained affinities with the Romantic school. However, by the 1880s, he was an advocate of Brazilian Realism.