Complex sentence: Charlotte sent copies of "Shirley" to leading authors of the day, including Elizabeth Gaskell who she met in August 1850 "The Brontë Myth", Miller, L., Vintage, 2002, p26.
Split into simpler sentences: Charlotte sent copies of "Shirley" to leading authors of the day, including Elizabeth Gaskell. Gaskell and Charlotte met in August 1850 "The Brontë Myth", Miller, L., Vintage, 2002, p26.