The article considers the main trends of cult of honour realization in Russian and French literature of the I Quirky Gift third of the XIX century on the basis of belles-lettres and memoirs.Literary comprehension of this main feature of culture-historical mentality of Napoleon epoch is investigated on the example of creation both of memoirists (F.Bulgarin, S.Volkonski, D.
Davidov, F.Glinka, I.Lagechnikov, A.de Caulaincourt, F.
Labom, C.Laugier) Tweed Breeks and that of writers - authors of works of art (A.Bestugev-Marlinsku, M.Zagoskin, N.
Grech, R.Zotov, A.de Vigny).