Was the story of "A Tale of Two Cities" written as an imitation of the Bible?
Parody
"A Tale of Two Cities" is an original work by Charles Dickens. The Bible is a religious text written down in the early centuries AD. A parody is a deriative work intended to make fun of another piece of media. 
Imitative work created to mock, comment on or trivialise an original work
Is "A Tale of Two Cities" a parody of the Bible?