Scott among the Scotts (1771-1783) Student and apprentice (1783-1790) Getting forward (1790-1797) The minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1798-1802) Ashestiel and The Lay of the Last minstrel (1802-1805) The Scott Brothers and Marmion (1806-1809) The complete author (1809-1811) Abbotsford and Waverley (1811-1814) Guy mannering to the antiquary (1814-1816) 'Tales of my Landlord' to The Heart of Midlothian (1816-1818) The Bride of Lammermoor to the Abbot (1818-1820) The Tory Grandee (1820-1822) The royal visit and Redgauntlet (1822-1823)
Working for the creditors (1826-1827)
The 'magnum opus' (1828-1829)
The last years (1830-1832).