Are you referring to this book?
http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Beast-Sydney-Watson/dp/080075199X
What do you think its meaning is?
WHAT LESSON OR MEANING DO YOU THINK THIS STORY HELD FOR THE BRITISH AUDIENCE OF THE VICTORIAN ERA?
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YES
Are you sure that's the book? Could it be another book by Rudyard Kipling?
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I HAVE NO CLUE
If YOU don't know what you read, I certainly don't know I can't help you.