I wanted to like Jane Austen. I really did.
Years ago I was in a book club, one of my friends would pick John Steinbeck novels. Reading them was torture to me. She felt the same about the Austen novels I picked. She asked if I could read plays for fun. I thought everyone could ;-). I enjoy reading plays. I like dialogue-she likes lengthy descriptions. The first page of The Grapes Of Wrath just about did me in. Likewise the back forth dialogue in Pride and Prejudice drove her crazy.