I preferred Poe and Hawthorne and others when I was young, but did love Austen, as well. I read everything from Poe to Heinlein to Austen to Greek & Roman mythology. I would go to the library and get 6 or 7 books and take them back the following week and get more.
I am sad that I do not seem to read as much or get the joy out of it. I do read some, but nowhere near the amount I once did.
You like your literature on the dark side. At your age then I was all up for the Greek and Roman Mythology, but was still in Action Comics, consistent, but low brow by comparison. At that age I wasn’t going to pick up the depth of The House of Atreus but was all for the surface level feats of might and power. At least you didn’t mention Melville. I just reread Bartleby, and I still don’t see it as anything “great”; I found Moby Dick unreadable.