claim: Stomp the Yard features an American actress born in 1981 in a prominent role.
evidence: Adam Bede , the first novel written by George Eliot -LRB- the pen name of Mary Ann Evans -RRB- , was published in 1859 .. George Eliot. George Eliot. first novel. Debut novel. It was published pseudonymously , even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time .. The novel has remained in print ever since and is used in university studies of 19th-century English literature .