Un-favourite 'classical' writers

As a passionate enthusiast of English Literature I always feel deprived and envious when others rave about past authors whom I just can't 'get into' in terms of tha language they employ. At the moment for me the most significant two are Joseph Conrad (my mind just keeps wandering!) and Kipling - though I'm just starting to appreciate his poetry now. Not so his stories.
But 20 years ago I would have cited Dickens and Austen as two whose 'wavelnegths' I just couldn't get tuned into. Now those are two of my favourites. Dickens, though he can be very mawkish on occasions, can also be profound as well as hilarious. With Austen I had made the mistake of trying to read her too rapidly. Then I found that her language is a style of prose to be savoured - rather like the lightest possible sponge-cake. Beautiful. I was wondering if other Chowkers have had similar changes of opinion.