Complex sentence: Despite its posture as a sequel of sorts to "The Lady, or the Tiger?"--that story's conundrum is recapitulated as the later story opens--the tale does not answer the question posed at the end of the previous story.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite its posture as a sequel of sorts to "The Lady, or the Tiger?"--the story's conundrum is recapitulated as later the story opens. The tale does not answer the question posed at the end of the previous story.