Ernest Maltravers is an 1837 novel by the British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, originally published in three volumes.

It is Gothic in style, and features a protagonist combining "Byronic stature and Coleridgean philosophical ambition".

[2] The following year it was adapted into a stage play of the same title by Louisa Medina, which first appeared on 28 March 1838 at the National Theatre in New York City.

[3] In 1914 it was adapted into an American short silent film Ernest Maltravers directed by Travers Vale.

A further silent film, the British feature-length Ernest Maltravers was released in 1920, directed by Jack Denton and starring Lillian Hall-Davis.