Hi ALex,
Unfortunately concerning the long paragraphs, roger64 is right. AFAIK, it is impossible to "circumvent" this bug, otherwise to do what taming suggested: convert or rename the file with the extension "kepub".
In fact it doesn't work at any level: html, body, div or paragraph.
This problem is perhaps not the most important, but as soon as we must mainly working with authors of the nineteenth century, it becomes really irritating.
If you are curious, there are many threads about this problem, as this one:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=197956
What about the footnotes?