The article deals with the problem of deciphering the code of a literary text. as one of the most pressing problems of modern linguistics. The article explores the work of the French writer Octave Mirbeau "Letters from my hut" in terms of the presence in it of the code of Alfons Daudet. the author of the cycle of stories "Letters from my mill". https://yeswellneses.shop/product-category/herbal-medicine/