Austen again?

While reading Francine Prose's Reading Like a Writer (which I started about 4 months ago when I was in the US upon Arun's suggestion), I came across a passage from Pride and Prejudice which has a hilarious exchange between Mrs. & Mr. Bennet. Like most things I read, I have little recollection of what I read (after about a week), except for maybe one standout sequence or a memorable character (like say Sandor from The Last Frontier by Alistair McLean), etc. Considering that I read Austen a really long while ago and have only a mild memory of it being really popular among women (and that perhaps largely due to Colin Firth!), I am wondering whether to try reading Austen again.