
Between 1805 and 1810 W. Scott planned (= organizzò) a financial association with J. Ballantyne, printer (= tipografo) and then publisher, a co-operation that influenced his career.To this period belonged his narrative poems: The Lay of Last Minstrel; Marmion; The Lady of the Lake . After this literary production he passed on to prose.
In 1812 the writer bought a land near Melrose and built the house of Abbottsford, living like a Scottish feudal laird (lord), according to (= assecondando) his ambitions.
In 1815 Scott started his literary production of novel based on the Scottish history. (The Waverly Cycle; Guy Mannering; The Antiquary; Old Mortality; Rob Roy; The Bride of Lammermore; The Legend of Montrose). He wrote these works anonymously till 1827 because he considered writing novels beneath (= al di sotto) his dignity. In 1820 he got fame with Ivanhoe about English History and was made baronet by George IV. In the same year the author wrote The Monastery.
His production went on with
In 1832 Walter Scott became completely invalid and then died in Abbottsford.