Had just bought and started this funny book about this guy reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica, next day this article drew my attention.
When I was a kid I read the entire Larousse and with my friend, now a french poet, was playing a game of recognizing the captions of pictures when opening the Larousse at random.
Good choice. It is smaller and easier to read and the Petit Larousse est encore vivant.
Not sure if french culture is still vivant.
