Complex sentence: In 1919, the unfinished manuscript for his novella "Billy Budd" was discovered by his first biographer, who published a version in 1924 which was acclaimed by notable British critics as another masterpiece of Melville's.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1919, the unfinished manuscript for his novella "Billy Budd" was discovered by his first biographer. He published a version in 1924, which was quickly acclaimed by notable British critics as another masterpiece of Melville's.