"Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one I spend the night with the other." (letter to Alexei Suvorin, 11 September 1888.) -quote pulled from web page linked below.

 

Anton Chekhov was a prolific author long before he began writing plays. He worked on the side as a freelance author while studying and practicing medicine, supplimenting his income.

 

This link will take to you a site which offers many of his short stories, articles, fiction, and plays.

 

There are also a great many collections of short stories, letters, and plays available, inlcuding but certainly not limited to:

 

-Love Letters of Anton Chekhov edited and translated by Jean Benedetti

-Chekhov "The Vaudevilles" and other short works translated by Carol Rocamora

-Motley Tales and A Play collectors addition, put together by many people at The New York Public Library

-The Plays of Anton Chekhov translated by Paul Schmidt

-Chekhov: Four Plays translated by Carol Rocamora