I am an Austen Liker, so if you decide you want to take a crack some other time, I'd recommend reading one of her works aloud (possibly back and forth with your partner). I liked The Great Gatsby much more when I saw it as the whole-text-of-the-book-play Gatz and was much more struck by the writing hearing it aloud than reading it slightly too fast due to my own bad habits.
I am an Austen Liker, so if you decide you want to take a crack some other time, I'd recommend reading one of her works aloud (possibly back and forth with your partner). I liked The Great Gatsby much more when I saw it as the whole-text-of-the-book-play Gatz and was much more struck by the writing hearing it aloud than reading it slightly too fast due to my own bad habits.